What is it we are asking for?

How nice to borrow back an hour of sleep! 

I'm having a hard time forming any sort of cogent thoughts, though. Mostly, it's anxiety about the election. I'm praying hard that we still have a country that we can function in on Wednesday. 

Today, I will finish my cup of coffee, take a shower, and get ready for church. I'm the lector again this week; I've been on an every other week cycle for months, due to there being (apparently) no one but me and an elderly woman who can or will read at church for 8am. I can't help but wonder, as my prayers are formed and sent aloft, if those prayers I send up for my community, country, and the world are countered or canceled by those of other people sitting in the pews around me. It's a fanciful but depressing thought.

I'll keep praying. I don't feel composed or serene about anything, but I don't know what else I can do.

And I know prayer works, at least it has been that way for me. It just depends on what I'm asking for, and whether it's serving my needs or if it is truly in the best interests of those for whom I'm praying. At any rate, I just want humanity to be inspired/directed to be a good human family, and to work to create a sustainable and sustaining world for all people to feel included and to survive and thrive. It's a big request. And I'm more than willing to do my part. 

I just can't help feeling that the forces of self-interest are wielding a pretty big cudgel lately. 

Anyhow, I hope this week is a good one. 

Keep the faith, friends. I'm glad I have you in my corner.

C