Our God and God of all people:
On this sacred day – these legislators are focused on the
difficult task of approving a $32 Billion budget for our beautiful State of
Colorado. While many perceive the
budgeting process as a tedious wrangling of numbers from one column to another,
there is another perspective. Instead of
seeing columns, figures and numbers, I humbly suggest that we also consider the
fact that each dollar allocated can be an opportunity to bring about change and
instill hope in the lives of all too many of our citizens whose capacity for
wonder is compromised by the brutal struggle for daily existence.
Our budgets
reflect our values.
Our values color
our vision of the world around us.
Our vision
determines the way we fulfill the sacred responsibilities that have been
entrusted to us – as legislators, citizens and servants of a God who holds us
to high standards of compassion and cooperation.
On this day of deliberation, let us pray that instead of
numbers, these lawmakers might see faces of the men, women and children who are
affected by each column in the balance sheet
and each line item that is added or subtracted before the final results are
tallied.
At the end of this day, may all of these dedicated public
servants be able to find peace in the knowledge they have done all that they
could to make our world, our state, our neighborhoods,
our homes – ourselves – just a little
bit better.
May politics and pride be no stumbling block to the
achievement of the shared goal of working to perfect this all-too imperfect
world.
God, we thank you for the opportunities You have given us to
make a difference. May we continue to go
and grow from strength to strength.
AMEN
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