Lord God, righteous judge of all humanity, bring to an end strife and destruction and bring peace to the land, that we might settle and live well and abide with one another in community and fellowship as you intended, through Jesus our teacher, who spoke words of wisdom to us and then ascended back to reign with you and the Holy Spirit in glory. Amen.
‘The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals. And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD.’ – Jer. 31:27-28