Here’s another prayer that may help you to find words to articulate some of your thoughts and fears when you’re struggling to pray during these dark days of the coronavirus pandemic, reminding you that, however much it may feel like it, you are not alone.
We have no claim on your love, Lord
We have no claim on your love, Lord,
but we seek it nonetheless.
We have no claim on your help,
but we ask for it all the same.
We have no claim on your mercy,
but we beg you still to grant it.
We have no claim on your goodness,
but we plead with you to bestow it.
We have no claim on your blessing,
but we need it as never before.
We have no claim on your healing power,
but we cry out for you to grant it.
We have no claim on you, Lord,
no claim at all,
for too often we forget you,
dismiss you,
ignore you,
scarcely spare you a second thought.
but we need you now,
so much,
more than words can say.
Undeserving though we may be,
faithless and fickle in so much,
hear us,
help us
and heal us.
Amen.