Try Prayer

 
Chicago is a city crying for peace in the land. While guns fire, children die, moms are crying and dads are losing hope.  What can be done?  What have we done to right this wrong? Who will stand where others have fallen and say enough is enough?  Think about it, who will stand up and refuse to be taken and worn like an old shoe then discarded?  Our President is calling for reform and a change of heart among those who manufacture guns and guns supplies and those who serve as a ready market for the sale of weapons.  So many people cry affection for second amendment rights.  Who is crying out for the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I think these are inexplicably connected and to deny one is to deny the others.  They should be reunited by the mutual bond of friendship and respect for life and the rights of those without weapons to exist peacefully in their own homes, schools, jobs and at play.

Join the World of Women Praying Convocation happening in the Chicago/Rosemont Area at the Donald E. Steven Convention Center, June 27 through 30^th.  Call out in prayer for the change we seek in the world.  Each one of us praying on one accord for the peace of our city, our country and our World believing peace is possible. There is power and serenity abiding in the presence and peace of God. Come to the World of Women Praying Convocation and sample the many strategies and forms of prayer.   Mediate on the fullness of the one who knows your every thought, but still finds you precious in His sight. Hold the words of God in your heart, in your mind and on your lips. So that the sacred words might take root and change the climate of violence.  Let prayer reverberate in us and through us, releasing the power it is meant to have in our life. 

Have faith, is there anything too hard for God!  Remember with God all things are possible.  We have tried the authorities in our nation’s capital, in our cities and in our world.  Let’s have the audacity to try prayer and expect the refreshing and renewing of our peace.   Visit us at prayingchicago.org and register for the World of Women Praying Convocation today.  It is an uncommon adventure in prayer you won’t want to miss. 

The World of Women Praying Convocation is the inspired vision of Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant, Founder and Director of Spiritual Life and Enrichment for the Women’s Global Initiative.

-  by Sister Mary Madison