Precious Lord, we seek you out on a day remembered for tragedy, heartache, and loss. We are a grieving people who lost loved ones and friends. We are a hurting people who were wounded, injured, battered, and bruised. Across our land and in our faces, we still carry the horrible scars of that September day.
We are a nation who has lost sons and daughters, husbands and wives, neighbors and friends. The pursuit of freedom has come with a price at home and abroad. There is pain and suffering from our time of conflict and war.
Redeem us Lord. We cry out for your presence. We cry out for your tender mercy. Comfort our grief. Heal our brokenness. Restore us anew. Grant us your perfect peace through Jesus Christ, the Risen Savior. Amen.
