Somewhere I bumped into this moving Benediction that speaks to me and maybe you too.
It was given by Bishop Woodie White at the 1996 United Methodist Conference in Denver, CO.
"And now, may the Lord torment you.
May the Lord keep before you the faces of the hungry, the lonely, the rejected and the despised.
May the Lord afflict you with pain for the hurt, the wounded, the oppressed, the abused, the victime of violence.
May God grace you with a burning thirst for justice and righteousness.
May the Lord give you courage and strength and compassion to make ours a better world, to make your community a better community, to make your church a better church.
And may you do your best to make it so, and after you have done your best, may the Lord grant you peace."
--Roger Lovette / rogerlovette.blogspot.com
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