In Sunday’s Lectionary, the Psalmist describes God as a rock, a fortress, a refuge. Maybe we can take time to think when we have experienced God in this way. I have to say there are times when I wonder what God is doing – but underlying these experiences there is still the belief that there is something deeply reliable about God.
God of love, we pray for
people who need refuge right now,
for women who need to escape
from violent and abusive men,
for people fleeing from brutal regimes
or deadly poverty,
for people who have war on their doorstep:
living God, may they truly find
the refuge they need.
May they have a place to breathe again
and to live.