Today in our prayers for the people of Malawi.

Prayer for Peace

Anonymous

I seek a heart that is attuned to listen to the sounds of human life — the murmurs of pain and struggle, the babble of confusion and doubt, the whispering of yearnings, the ecstatic outburst of joy and delight.

I seek a heart with an interior vision that “sees” beyond the exterior — the peacefulness of a life well spent, the prayerfulness of the quiet, the agony of the fearful, the loneliness of the complainer.

I seek a heart imbued with feeling that can penetrate closed walls: walls that shut out closeness, walls that prohibit friendship, walls that choke out life.

I seek an other-centered heart, motivated by love of my God, freely giving until it hurts, joyfully surrendering selfish whims, peacefully touching life with beauty, gently walking in God’s way.