#MeToo Prayer

    Today I am sharing a prayer I wrote in honor of the #metoo movement on the morning of October 23rd.     As a survivor myself, there is a certain kind of grief that fills my chest whenever a news-story mentions r*pe/sexual assault; I grieve for all my fellow survivors. So this morning when I woke with this weight on my heart, I came up with a prayer.

Dear Mother, Father, God, please fill this grief with love, light, grace, & peace. Dear Mother, Father, God, please fill this grief with love, light, grace , & peace until it overflows to all those who share this grief & shame with me. Dear Mother, Father, God, please comfort us with Your loving assurance, please embrace us with tenderness. Dear Mother, Father, God, please erase our fears, please erase our shame & guilt. Fill us instead with Your strength, Your power, Your infinite healing light. As we grieve & mourn our perceived powerlessness & loss of innocence, please dear God, fill our heavy hearts with Your love, light, grace, & peace. Remind us that our traumas can't separate us from Your love. Remind us that we are still perfect, whole, & complete. Remind us that nothing we experience is proof of having been abandoned by You. Fill our hearts, dear God. Fill our heavy hearts, dear God, with peace that surpasses all understanding. Asé. Aho. Amen. Let this be. And so it is.