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.
We thought we were in charge of our destiny, Lord
We thought we were in charge of our destiny, Lord;
that we had all the answers,
all the solutions to our problems,
nothing being beyond our wit to solve.
And no doubt in time we will beat this virus,
as we have beaten many others,
human ingenuity triumphing again over adversity.
But this crisis of recent months has reminded us
that we’re not quite so much in control as we like to imagine;
that life is less secure,
less certain
than we sometimes think,
and that much of what we take for granted can be swept away in an instant.
Help us to recognise our limitations as well as our achievements,
our vulnerability as well as our strengths,
and may we find in you one whose promises endure
beyond the changes and chances of this fleeting world,
enfolding us,
and all things,
in your eternal, unchanging love.
Amen.