Why Is Bad News So Loud?

This is a prayer for when the bad news is so loud. Take a couple of deep breathes and settle into it:

Creator God,
Why is bad news so loud?

In the midst of gun violence, hunger,
melting ice caps,
and anxiety,

it often feels like suffering has a microphone. How do we hear you?
How do we find you?
How do we know that these bones can live? Today we bring our raw selves into this space asking that once more you would

rush through this room like a mighty wind.
Remind us that these bones can live.
Speak to us in your still, small voice
and let it be loud enough to speak to the sorrow of the day. We know that good news rests in you,

and we know that you are here.
So help us listen, not to the bad news of the day alone, but to the hope that you breathe into every word.
With open hearts we pray, amen.

@sanctifiedart