Putting things right

Habakkuk 1:2-4

Habakkuk’s complaint

How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?

Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?

Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?

Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.

Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails.

The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

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Prayer

Lord God be my king – that I might serve through love. Settle the conflict in my heart, that it may not be played out in my relationships. Help me recognise that my purpose is to be a peacemaker in all situations.

Meet my needs Lord – that peace will reign and overcome my conflicts. For this is the battleground that conquers the world, in your name. Amen.

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This reading and prayer is taken from today’s “Conversations with Dad” – an online Advent Calendar produced and written by John Pearson of Doorways Youth Project in Saltburn.

Each day’s conversation provides a short narrative giving food for Advent thought. Click here to go to the Calendar and then click on Day 13.