There are moments in history when the weight of the world feels especially heavy. When laws, power, and human suffering collide, and many hearts are left grieving, confused, or afraid. We are living in one of those moments.
As Christians, we do not begin with politics.
We begin with people.
Scripture tells us, again and again, that God sees the stranger. The sojourner. The one without protection. The one far from home. These are not abstract ideas in the Bible. They are beloved neighbors whom God names and defends.
To follow Jesus is to hold both truth and mercy in our hands at the same time. It is to acknowledge that nations have laws, while also insisting that no law has the right to strip a person of their God-given dignity. The Gospel never gives us permission to harden our hearts in the name of order.
Jesus Himself was once a child whose family fled violence. A refugee, carried by His parents into a foreign land for safety. He knows what it is to be vulnerable. He knows what it is to depend on the mercy of others.
In seasons like this, many are waiting –
waiting for justice,
waiting for compassion,
waiting for policies shaped by wisdom rather than fear.
Waiting is painful. It stretches us. It exposes our limits. And yet Scripture reminds us that waiting with God is not passive. It is an act of trust. It is a refusal to give up on love.
Lament has a place here. We are allowed to grieve what is happening. We are allowed to say, This is not right. We are allowed to cry out to God on behalf of children, families, and communities living in uncertainty.
And still, we stay rooted in hope.
The Christian calling is not to win arguments, but to witness to a different way – a way where mercy has the final word, where fear does not rule our decisions, and where love remains active even when the road forward feels unclear.
From this porch, we pray.
We listen.
We refuse to look away.
And we trust that God is still at work, even in the waiting.
“The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow.”
Psalm 146:9
God of mercy and justice,
We bring before You all who are living in uncertainty
those far from home, those seeking safety,
and those carrying fear, grief, or exhaustion in this season.
Teach us to see every person as You see them:
beloved, worthy, and made in Your image.
Guard our hearts from indifference,
and shape our actions with compassion, wisdom, and humility.
As we wait – for healing, for justice, for paths forward
help us remain rooted in love rather than fear.
May Your presence be near to the vulnerable,
and may we be faithful in how we love our neighbors.
We place our trust in You,
who watches, sustains, and never looks away.
Amen.
The Prayer Porch 