God,

Thank you for being our God

and for writing your word on our hearts.

Thank you for keeping watch over us

by day and by night.

Our hearts are troubled tonight

and our teeth are on edge,

because of the violence and destruction in our world.

Some more than others perhaps,

but we all have eaten sour grapes.

May the rough taste in our mouths

lead us to follow your way more closely tomorrow.

Bless us tonight.

 

And on Monday - 

And one lingering thought on this whole "sour grapes" thing - how does that resonate with today's report that the people who are suffering the most from climate change have done the least to contribute to it?