Here’s another prayer – featured now in my free e-book For Such a Time as This – 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.
It would be easy to feel sorry for myself, Lord
It would be easy to feel sorry for myself, Lord,
to fret about the long hours of isolation
or worry about what might happen to me or my loved ones,
but what good would that do,
what help offer to me or to anyone?
Teach me instead to think of others,
and to ask myself what I can do for them,
for we can all do something,
whatever our situation.
A letter,
card,
phone call,
text;
a tweet,
post,
message;
if nothing else, through such as these I can stay in touch,
show concern,
offer companionship,
express love,
offer support.
Show me what I can do,
how I can help,
in ways I might never even have considered.
Whatever these days might bring,
help me to make them not about me,
but about others.
Amen.