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September 29, 2024/26 Elul 5784
Cantor Joanna Alexander

Dear God,

Why can they not see how wrong they are? Can you not simply bring a miracle to show them your will, to change their ways and help them find the true path?

Dear God, I know I am not perfect, but do they not see the harm they cause to others, the damage to your one and only earth, the pain their stubbornness bears out?

They have such surety in their rightness, such conviction in their narrowness, and such strength in their mindset for the world.

Dear God, can they not see a wider aperture? Can they not see the Godliness in my life, my family, my faith, my desires?

Can they not see that if they would just stop the game of tit for tat, stop the view of a finite pie, stop the limited thinking; can they not see the world we could create together?

Dear God, help me hold up a mirror to them so they will see the limits of their way, help me bring them around to true understanding of Your openness, Your generosity, Your love and kindness.

Help them to see the consequences of their actions, and their narrow definition of rightness.

Dear God, please be a mirror for them, so they may change their ways.

Dear God, Be My Mirror Too.