by Bret Capranica | Dec 10, 2009 | Culture, Featured Articles
This evening, I had the privilege to pray at our city Council meeting. This was the second occasion I have enjoyed this honor. I was asked to deliver the invocation just before it was publicly revealed that 4 of our 5 Councilmen have been indicted for political corruption. Tonight was the Council’s first meeting since the indictments were handed down. I saw it as my task to simply bring our collective conscience before God – and plead for His grace to oversee the proceedings with mercy, and for all involved to conduct themselves with honor and integrity. Below is the text of my prayer: Our God and our Father, How grateful we are that this meeting can begin with an appeal for you to be uniquely present in this meeting of our city council. These particular days and this particular meeting reflects numerous and distinct challenges for our city and its leadership. These challenges remind us that we are in need of someone greater than ourselves to navigate our way. Your knowledge is complete, ours is not. Your wisdom is perfect, ours is far from it. Your answers are without error, while ours are full of human limitation. That”™s why we invoke your specific and unique presence in this meeting. Grant us a consciousness that we stand before our creator first and foremost in what we do and what we say. We ask for your grace to be full in its display among our city leaders this evening. May their minds be guided by principles that would reflect your righteousness. May their speech be reflective of the humility of...
