”I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.“
Habakkuk 2:1-3 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/hab.2.2-3.NIV
Dear Father God, as You raised up prophets in the past, please do so, again. Lord, the world needs someone like Jonah. Yes, he ran rather than obey you, at first. But, then, he went to Nineveh and told the enemies of Israel to repent. Who will call us to reform our ways? The nation is in such a mess. It’s been almost four years since Covid-19 arrived in the US. In those four years, schools went online and jobs went remote, if you weren’t an essential worker. If you were, work hours became longer and fewer people came in to work. For four years, restaurants and grocery stores have battled supply chain issues, rising costs of doing business, and staff shortages. Politics are more about dividing the country, rather than unifying us to work together to improve it. Lord, please tell us that relief is in sight. Please send someone who will call us to work together. In order for things to improve, we need to come together and work to make things better. Let us become a healed and no longer hurting nation. God we’re living at a point in time when the two presidential candidates are both octogenarians. God, please send us a younger leader who will speak out against “the way things have always been.” Doing things the way they have always been done is part of the reason that we’re in the mess that we are in right now. May the leader You want for the US heal our country from the fear that has such a hold on it. Set us free so that we can build this nation back up again. Hold us in Your hands until the tide begins. Send us freedom, so that we may have the freedom to do things differently, and hopefully, build a better future for all of us. Let us serve You joyfully and gladly. Let us point out to others the areas where we fall short of Your will for us. Maybe, the US, like Nineveh will repent and embrace Your heart. Amen.
Journey with Monica 