by Sue Stone
“Euthanize Christians” – sign carried at the
pro-abortion March for Women's Lives, April 24, 2004
Washington DC
Dear Lord,
Let us never forget
that the world hated you,
the good you stood for,
the truth you proclaimed,
but yet you continued to proclaim
God's love to an aching world,
and when they came to take your life,
you laid it down
lovingly,
forgiving,
and caring to the last.
Dear Lord,
Let us never forget
that if the world hates you,
it will hate us for following you,
for witnessing your truth
in counter to the lies,
in living your good
in counter to the evil,
in bringing your light
to the darkness.
Give us the strength
to carry on in your name,
in prayer always,
with love always,
forgiving always,
like you,
a sign of contradiction
to witness the reality of a loving God
in a world filled with
pain, and sorrow and hate,
caring to the end,
until you bring us home.
Amen.
