Let us be thankful for those we can see or talk with in person or from afar, but also bear up in prayers whose struggling with distance created by unforgiveness or filled with shame, both of appropriate and inappropriate.
O God, give us eyes to see Your love for us, to open our hearts toward those we love who have frightened us, harmed us, exhausted us. That we and they might be healed and free to find our purpose, embrace hope, practice love and grow in trust. AMEN