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A Prayer from The Color Purple
God you love everything you love — and a mess of stuff I don't. But more than anything else, God love I think you like to be admired just like the rest of us!
You just wanting to share a good thing. I think it makes you mad if I walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it, right?
Oh, but sometimes I don't notice. So, you make something else. People think being pleased is all you care about. But any fool living in the world can see you is always trying to please us back.
You're always making little surprises and springing them on us when us least expect.
Yes, you want us to love you, and we want you to love us, too! Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved.
You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?
Help us notice, God.
Amen.
+ Alice Walker
February is Black History Month! The prayer above is based on a conversation between two characters in Alice Walkers incredible novel, The Color Purple! You can grab a copy of the book HERE or check out the local library!
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