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24 May 2022

A Time of Communal Lament

Dear Church Family,

 

Tonight, I join you in prayer for the Robb Elementary School community in Uvalde. Should you struggle to find the right words, I offer the lament below on behalf of us all.

 

Peace,

Amos Disasa, Pastor

 

Tender they lie,

numbered to nineteen

fated to find eternal rest

where innocence was once expressed

during hopscotch and home room.

Their right to carry

on with the final days of school

undisturbed by evil, GONE.

 

Tender they lie,

waiting for black Texas night

to bury the devil of this day.

Too soon to say resurrection—

stolen hope heals the slowest, or never.

We grieve for parents in Uvalde

and for us, so quick to lament what

we fail to prevent.

 

Tender they lie,

the prayers we spill

with nowhere to go.

On this night there are no survivors.

Only creation quivers

as God’s children weep and whisper

mercy mercy mercy.

 

Lord be tender

hear our prayer. Amen.

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