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.
I can’t do much, Lord, to help in this time of crisis
I can’t do much, Lord, to help in this time of crisis,
but I surely can do something:
a message of concern,
a word of reassurance,
a gesture of affection,
an expression of solidarity –
there must be all kinds of ways in which I can try, at least, to respond.
For there is so much fear,
so much need.
so much loneliness,
so much heartache –
so many people needing something,
anything,
to offer them hope,
comfort,
cheer.
And if in some small way,
no matter how insignificant it may seem,
I can help to make a difference,
it has to be worth doing.
Open my eyes, Lord,
open my mind,
open my heart,
and help me to see where I might serve,
and to do so.
Amen.