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.
Lord, it’s hard to glimpse your presence even at the best of times
Lord, it’s hard to glimpse your presence even at the best of times,
and now,
with this disease causing such havoc among us,
it’s harder than ever,
our prayers appearing to go unanswered,
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your face seemingly turned away from us.
Yet it is at such a time as this,
more than ever,
that we need to keep faith you are with us.
Though we feel abandoned,
we are not.
Though we feel alone,
we are not.
Though we feel forgotten,
we are not.
Though we feel hopeless,
we are not.
Though we feel left high and dry,
we are not.
Draw close to us, Lord,
and envelop us in your love.
Draw near,
and help us to recognise that you are by our side.
Amen.