refine our sight

"In this crazy world,

there's an enormous distinction

between good times and bad,

between sorrow and joy.

But in the eyes of God, they're never separated.

Where there is pain, there is healing.

Where there is mourning there is dancing.

Where there is poverty, there is the kingdom."

-Henri Nouwen

Lord, refine our sight in these difficult days.

Show us where we can let go of fear.

Guide us into new ways of loving one another.