Rick reads Psalm 70 for our first Morning Prayer with him this week. He calls on our God of hope and prays for those living in fear, may our Lord’s spirit give them calmness and peace. Rick also asks us to pray for our church, for those making decisions about being able to attend services or not, and he reminds us of God’s promise, that nothing separates us from Christ’s love. Rick recites Thomas Merton’s Lenten prayer which discusses how we cannot know for certain what our futures hold, however, we believe the desire to please God will lead us by the right road, therefore we trust our Lord always and will try not to be afraid, for God is with us always.