Dear God, I have a lot of people on my mind this morning. And as many as I’m thinking about there are many who are slipping my mind. Just so much. What’s on my heart right now:

• Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Hamas
• National and local political leadership
• A friend who just got out of the hospital with double pneumonia
• A friend whose brother is about to go on hospice
• That friend’s wife whose cousin is about to go on hospice
• A friend close to my age with serious cancer and treatment ahead of her
• A relative with an early cancer diagnosis
• Always, my wife and children and their significant others
• Always, my wife’s and my siblings, parents, nieces, and nephews and their significant others
• A friend who just learned he will be laid off in the next few months
• That same friend with a girlfriend facing a significant health issue
• A relative who worries me because they cannot seem to find peace, even as they include you in their search
• Patients at work who are seriously ill
• Coworkers who are facing challenges, as well as their children and their challenges

I could really go on an on. But this is what is on my heart this morning.

“O’, Lord, o’, Lord, I know you hear my cry. Your love is lifting me above all the lies. No matter what I face, this I know in time. You’ll take all that is wrong and make it right.” [“O, Lord” by Lauren Daigle]

I life all of this up to you through the presence of the Holy Spirit and the power of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection,

Amen