Father, I have acted without regard for those whom You love.
I have done things which I would never want done to me,
and my heart aches now that I am on the receiving end.
Calm my heart, oh Lord, but do not let me forget this lesson.
These are my sisters, my brothers — all of them beside me
under the Savior. All of them part of me, because of the Spirit;
all of them, like me, sinful and yet made in Your image.
Let me not live for myself, except to taste more of hope
which I have found in You alone, oh God. Amen.