Our Merciful Lord, Our hearts are breaking and grieving again today at this tragic loss of California Highway Patrol Motorcycle Officer Kirk Griess. Lord, we know the pain must be so so very great for the men and women of the California Highway Patrol and local law enforcement community. O’ Lord, we come boldly before Your Throne of Grace for we know You are the God of all comfort, our Everlasting Father and our Prince of Peace. We therefore ask for Your mercies and grace to descend upon the many co-workers and friends of Officer Griess and may you draw them ever so close to Your side to intimately know Your love, grace, peace, mercy and comfort. Lord, we especially lift up the family of Officer Griess and ask for Your grace to made so abundant to them as they are in obvious shock and grief. May Your Holy Spirit reach into the hearts of those in deep emotional pain and fill them with Your Presence and comfort of Your Holy Spirit. May every law enforcement officer, co-worker, friend and family member intimately know that You will be their Refuge and their Strength. May they know they can fully depend on You to carry them through this very difficult time. May You grant the investigators with supernatural wisdom to be able to reconstruct the collision and to determine the facts. As we know Your ways are not our ways, we seek Your wisdom to touch the hearts of many and to reveal Your will and peace to all in a way that will bring Glory to Your name. May You use this tragedy to draw many unto the love of Your Son because Your Word says if the Son will set you free, you will be free indeed. As the men and women of the California Highway Patrol must begin the task to prepare a final farewell to Officer Griess, may You use this service as a time to encourage broken hearts and draw many unto the love of Your Son. And if any have strayed from Your path, may they know Your Word says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.“ May many experience inward freedom in their heart and spirit because of Your mercy and peace. May Your grace continue to be revealed and made real in the hearts of those greatly mourning. May many come to know Your Son in a real way, in the name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

News link:
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/10/chp-motorcycle-officer-2-others-injured-in-fairfield-i-80-crash/

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