hurricane Hanna blog

Second hurricane prayer (about Hanna)

Our Father, God of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Yaakov. Lord, God of Elijah, El Elyon are You. We offer thanks to You, the calves of our lips giving honor to Your name. Thanks for the mercies and kindness manifest throughout hurricane Gustav, and the consideration You so freely gave to our petition. Thanks for all the detail You involved Yourself in to assist our people.

Once again, we are faced with media reports of other approaching hurricanes named Hanna and Ike. We do need Your Divine assistance and intervention. We are nearly powerless except for limited human preparation, against such potentially destructive force of nature. Turn Hanna away from the Gulf Coast region and remember the Atlantic Seaboard. Show the nations and the people, that Your kindness and compassion is far greater than the destructive force of nature.

You alone, know the exact amount of rain and fresh water needed for our sustenance and supply. Please be mindful for our sakes. Likewise, You alone know the amount of wind force we can tolerate in any storm. Limit these forces in accordance with Your Divine wisdom. We also ask that You remember all the people of the islands, who have faced the torrents of water pouring down, and the windy gusts which have brought devastation and suffering. May it be that food, water, clothing, and shelter, arrive for every person's storm need.

Not on account of our righteousness do we ask, but on account of Your great mercies.
Again, we ask all these great favors in Your Divine name. Amen.