The Lord our peace

Yahweh Shalom – The Lord our peace

We praise you.

We don’t need to tell you that our world is troubled

Bushfires and loss

Wars and rumours of wars

Sickness, violence

El Roi – God of seeing

You already know.

We don’t need to tell you that we long for peace, peace for our community, peace for our world

But even in our own homes, even in our own minds, peace isn’t always to be found.

El Roi – God of seeing

You already know.

Peace is not easy,

Peace can be costly

even for you.

In these weeks of Advent we await again with joy the birth of the prince of peace

Knowing that in only a few months we will be experiencing the grief of Good Friday,

But you are Yahweh Shalom

The Lord our Peace

Your thoughts are not our thoughts,
    nor are your ways our ways

Yahweh Shalom

The author, architect and perfecter of peace

With you there is often a way through

A secret tunnel to forgiveness

A hidden doorway to reconciliation

An overgrown and unexpected path to a new and better way through

Help us to keep our eyes peeled for them

Peace is who you are

Peace is what you want for us

Peace is what you bring

Our hopes for peace are in the best possible hands.

For this we praise and thank you.

Amen