Creating Art

 
YI am not an artist in any sense of the word!  This is a difficult assignment for me because of that.  My creativity seems to be limited to projects preschoolers can make!  So I decided to take a little different path.  I have read some beautiful prayers that were like poems.  I can't rhyme either, but I think I can develop a prayer poem that illustrates my journey through becoming more anti-bias.  I don't want to offend anyone, but I believe in Jesus and God the Father so that's who I pray to.  Here's my creation...

Father, help me to see

To see those whom You love.

You have created all things and all peoples

From every part of the earth

You love them all.

Jesus, You call me to love too

Not just those who are like me

But those who appear different than what I am used to.

When You walked this earth You didn't see differences in people.

You saw through the eyes of love all the diversity You created

And You saw them all.

Rich, poor, old, young, beautiful, broken, Jew, Arab, Roman, Gentile and every other ethnicity

Varying abilities physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually

You treated every person with respect and love...(except the Pharisees who had hearts of hate).

Father, give me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that is tender toward those that You love.

Let me be able to acknowledge the beauty in differences

Let judgment have no place in my life.

Grow me, unsettle me, transform me into what You would have me to be.

Let truth and justice be on my lips, spoken in love.

Thank You for the beauty in the peoples You have created

Help me to see, love, and teach about that beauty to all the little ones You've entrusted to me

And their families as well.

Thank You for loving me....help me to radiate that love to everyone You bring across my path.
Amen.r different than what I am used to.

When You walked this earth You didn't see differences in people.

You saw through the eyes of love all the diversity You created

And You saw them all.

Rich, poor, old, young, beautiful, broken, Jew, Arab, Roman, Gentile and every other ethnicity

Varying abilities physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually

You treated every person with respect and love...(except the Pharisees who had hearts of hate).

Father, give me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that is tender toward those that You love.

Let me be able to acknowledge the beauty in differences

Let judgment have no place in my life.

Grow me, unsettle me, transform me into what You would have me to be.

Let truth and justice be on my lips, spoken in love.

Thank You for the beauty in the peoples You have created

Help me to see, love, and teach about that beauty to all the little ones You've entrusted to me

And their families as well.

Thank You for loving me....help me to radiate that love to everyone You bring across my path.

Amen.