Poem - "O God Make Me Discontent with Things..." by Robert Raines

Adapted from a prayer by Robert Rains that first appeared in The Wittenberg Door (04 December 1971)

O God, make me discontented with things the way they are in the world and in my own life.  

Make me notice the stains when people get spilled on.  

Make me care about the slum child downtown, 

the misfit at work, 

the forgotten people in our hospitals and nursing homes, 

the men, women and youth behind bars.  

Jar my complacence, expose my excuses, 

get me involved in the life of my city and world.  

Give me integrity once more, 

O God, as we seek to be changed and transformed, 

with a new understanding and awareness of our common humanity


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