Pray for leaders.

You can be assured that the leaders for whom you pray will make decisions that in some eyes are correct, and for some, wholly inappropriate. But pray in your own way for wisdom to be exercised. No human being has full knowledge of all that is. You operate on the basis of your understandings, not just of actions but consequences. There are many viewpoints that are held by those in authority, and those viewpoints are not consonant but oftentimes dissonant. But nevertheless, the decisions that are made, while having an effect on outcome, will not mean that one outcome is benign, the other a source of great suffering. Whatever decisions that are made by your government contain what is good and what is not good. Whatever decisions are made lead toward peace and lead away from peace. But ultimately the decisions that are exercised will draw many into a commitment that is for the good of all and therefore reflective of God’s presence in all that happens.

If you have concerns, those concerns are shared by countless others on all sides that are a part of the international dilemmas that you know to be present. You ask for them to be guided in their decisions. You can be assured that that guidance is available, but everyone involved in whatever happens can choose to benefit from that guidance or may choose to ignore its presence. You are dealing with fellow human beings and each carries a history that is unique but always present. No decisions are predetermined, but there may be a predilection to move in one direction or another based in part on their own experiences even prior to their current human condition. You pray for wisdom in your own decisions, and that wisdom comes to you in moments of quiet clarity.