There was bitterness before it even began, and bitterness follows it. Whatever we think of the results, now we are a nation in need of healing. We have to come together. We need insight, we need a truer sense of justice, we need to learn mercy.
A prayer adapted from Moses’ prayer for his ailing sister, Miriam, in Numbers 12:13:
El na, refah na lanu!
Please, God, please heal us!
There was no post, Rabbi.
Thank you, Denise, for alerting me! I am not sure why the words didn’t publish, but I think the text is better now anyway.
Missed your post Rabbi. :{
Thank you, Sheila – fixed now, I hope.
Yes it is, and the prayer is truly lovely and well suited to this ailing Country.
With the appalling 53% voter turnout let us extend the prayer to those who stayed home rather than vote.
Yes; we need healing from apathy and hopelessness.