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.
This crisis has brought us up short, Lord
This crisis has brought us up short, Lord,
overturning our way of life,
shattering our security,
leaving us feeling vulnerable,
scared,
alone –
fearful for our welfare,
fearful of the future.
Help us to remember that for many in our world,
this is not the exception but the norm,
thousands having grown used to living with the constant threat of disease –
malaria,
Ebola,
Zika virus,
cholera
dengue fever,
to name but some.
Help us, through what we are wrestling with now,
to understand and empathise with what too many wrestle with repeatedly,
to realise how fortunate we have been
and to resolve to help build a fairer more caring world for all.
Amen.