Prayer of the Day, April 4, 2012, Colorado House of Representatives
Forty-four years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. This morning I would like to combine and adapt two of Dr. King’s prayers. The first is entitled, “In the Moment of Difficult Decision,” and the second is entitled, “A Great Nation.”
I invite you to join me in a spirit of prayer. Let us pray.
Eternal God, out of whose mind this great cosmic universe came into being, we bless you. We thank you for the privilege of assembling here this morning. We thank you for all of the opportunities of life, and as we stand together today and discuss vital matters confronting our [state, and indeed, our] nation [and our world], we ask your guidance to be with us in all our deliberations and help us at all times to seek that which is high, noble, and good. Help us in the moment of difficult decision. Help us to work with renewed vigor for a warless world, a better distribution of wealth, and a brotherhood and sisterhood that transcends race or color [or any other division]. Help us as a people to follow all the noble precepts of democracy. Grant, O God, that as we move on we will move toward that city which has foundations whose builder and maker is God. Amen.
Prepared by the Rev. Jack Cabaness, Pastor, Westminster (Colorado) Presbyterian Church.
Prayers adapted from Thou, Dear God: The Prayers of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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