This is the eighth prayer in a Holston Conference series for racial justice.

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O God, our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer,

We’ve come this far by faith …
We are grateful that your grace, mercy and love never fail us. Your Spirit sustains us.

Yes, we’ve come this far by faith, but we agree that the work is plentiful. Let us not grow weary.

We’ve come this far by faith, O God …
Let us not grow weary for the work of justice. Justice for all. Especially for people of color who have been suffering from systemic oppression for hundreds of years. Justice for your children who have endured so much, yet persevered.

We’ve come this far by faith, O God …
Let us not grow weary for the hard work of dismantling racism. Of setting things right. The hard work of doing, praying, and repenting. The hard work of reconciliation and restoration. Of overturning systems. Of making a ruckus.

We’ve come this far by faith, O God …
Let us not grow weary in the hard work of breaking down walls of hate, economic injustice, and systemic racism.

We’ve come this far by faith, O God …
Let us not grow weary of the hard work in our own hearts. Help us to see more clearly our own explicit and implicit bias. The ways in which we uphold racism. Help us identify where we are complicit in this sin, and give us the strength to repent and change.

We’ve come this far by faith, O God …
Let us not grow weary in this Kingdom work. This work of justice. Of reconciliation. Of peace. Help us to lean on you for the strength we need to ask for forgiveness, to push the powers and principalities and to work towards shalom.

Until there is real and true justice ... for all.

We’ve come this far by faith …
Lord, help us to not grow weary. Help us to not grow weary. Amen.