Prayer of Confession for the Famine in Eastern Africa
Generous God,
In Your goodness, You created a world of abundance—more than enough to sustain all of creation. Yet all around this world people are dying of hunger.
We confess that, in our ignorance and greed, we have not recognized how our lifestyle choices have impacted the availability of food in other countries.
Forgive us for the part we have played—knowingly or unknowingly—in the desperate food shortages now facing our brothers and sisters in Eastern Africa.
Help us not to turn away from their suffering, but to get involved—to pray, to work, to advocate, to give—so that they too may experience Your abundant goodness. Amen.
— Christine Longhurst/Canadian Foodgrains Bank
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