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How Long, O Lord? A Prayer for January 22nd

Today, January 22, 2020, is the 47th Anniversary of the Supreme Court decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton . These decisions blocked states from enforcing certain restrictions and prohibitions on elective abortions. As a result, millions of lives have been prematurely ended. Many who care for these innocent human lives experience both outrage and overwhelming loss for words. As I deal with my own sorrow and sense of injustice, I turn to the Psalms for words to help shape my prayers and disposition on this dark anniversary (the following arises from prayers from multiple Psalms, primarily Psalm 10). Lord, we see the injustice of elective abortion and we cry out to you.  Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?  Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? How long, O Lord?  Is forty-seven years long enough?  In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;  let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.  He sits in ambush in the villages;  in hid

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