Prayer for Southern California

With the number of fires increasing daily, the number of homes destroyed, families displaced, lives in danger and possibly lost, I join in this prayer for a region I once called home.

God of compassion, you watch our ways

and weave out of terrible happenings wonders of goodness and grace.

Surround those who have been shaken by tragedy

with a sense of your present love, and hold them in faith.

Though they are lost in grief, may they find you and be comforted;

through Jesus Christ, who was dead, but lives,

and rules this world with you. Amen

(Chalice Worship, #466)