I want to ask for a prayer for myself. It is out of character for me to do that, but I need it. I am a nurse and have worked throughout this ordeal. I am being asked to travel out of state this week for work and for the first time, I feel afraid. I wanted to ask because I believe that if I’m not in it alone, it will be okay. I will pray for all of you too
I pray to release us all from the guilt of not doing this pandemic perfectly, I pray to release us from the guilt of not gathering in worship when we could. I pray to release us from the guilt of being afraid, that keeps us from being who you have called us to be. In your mercy.....
I pray for retail and grocery workers. This time of year is already hell on earth for them. I cannot imagine how much harder it is right now. May all their customers wear a mask and keep their distance and remain patient. May their supervisors be understanding and considerate. May they have enough time away from work to get enough sleep and see their loved ones however they safely can. May their holiday pay be very, very good.
Asking prayers today for my husband Rick. He is an RN and has been sick with COVID for a week. He is sitting right at the edge of all the really scary stuff and my anxiety is through the roof. Hes so healthy normally that he doesn't even have a doctor! I've tested positive as well but either am not getting sick, or am not yet. Thanks.
Praying we can find small ways to remind each other of who we are, and reflect back to each other the divine light inside so that we may maintain our strength while wading through the darkness and isolation. Praying for pockets of joy.
I am thankful for this place of connection since i manage my fear of ex-husband by avoiding social media..this feels a safe place to connect
I grieve the temporary loss of in person church
I pray for E, T, G, L, C, M, whose work in essential jobs increases their risk of covid ...keep them safe as they work in covid units and provide health care.
I pray for R whose psychosis has become increasingly worse during covid isolation
I pray for Y who is in week 6 in hospital struggling to recover from covid
I pray for my 100 year old grandmother who is in care and struggles to understand the isolation and meaning of covid.
I give thanks for my phone friends N, L, D, M, J and B who haven’t given up on me in spite of days of bad moods and nothing new to talk about.
I ask for transformation to become a better instrument of God’s love.
I want to ask for prayer after an old friend and former coworker was murdered last Monday. She was the kindest most reliable case manager I'd ever worked with but on Monday a client with schizophrenia thought he was losing his social security, had a mental breakdown, and ended up killing her in her office. I'm asking for prayer for her family, friends, traumatized coworkers, and all the clients who relied on her. And for me. This hurts.
Today, God, please hold my children gently in the palm of your hand. Help them to feel loved even in the midst of this great constriction. Help them find hope that there will still be infinite possibilities for them to become their full selves when we get to the other side together. Help them to feel the gift of human connection and compassion in the evidence that we are all vulnerable; we are all, in some way, irrevocably broken. Help me to teach them, by my actions, that each of us can be of service in some way, according to our gifts, and to know that any way they offer themselves in service is blessed in your sight. Help them laugh. Help them play. Help them find joy in themselves and each other. Amen.
“Grief is the baseline for all of us. No more taking turns.” Damn if that’s not so. But I’m playing Advent hymns and I’m about to put the wreath on the door.
i pray for us all. i pray for those who still don't believe this horror is real, I pray for relief from the anxiety so many of us are suffering from. for myself, I pray for a good enough job at good enough pay. soon. before I give up looking
Lately my prayers are just hot stinging tears that come unbidden: I hear about a friend whose mom has had a stroke, been diagnosed with Covid, and has dementia. Not one of her 6 children can be with her. All of those with food insecurity at the food bank where I volunteer, especially the elderly. My mom who has dementia, and because of the isolation policies, barely recognizes me anymore since I can't visit and she can't negotiate technology to have face time visits.
ARGH!!!!! Prayers so needed because I am totally losing my sh—stuff at work! The university where I worked royally F-ed up, put our totally amazing secretary in a larger department, brought back a furloughed employee who can’t find her bellybutton with two hands and a map and stuck her in our office. God bless her, she is nice enough but has mucked up every, tiny, thing we’ve given her. Please pray that (a) the university moves her elsewhere, or (b) she lands a job off campus, and / or (c) I don’t totally drop my freakin’ basket and become a yelling, screaming, hair-pulling banshee because it’s getting really bad. Like, WAY bad. And yes, I know this is a selfish prayer and yes, I know God’s hands are full with so many other much more important things, which is why I pray that He just says, “Ok. Fine. Let me get this little thing out of Neen’s way so I can move on to the big issues everyone else is facing” because right now? I feel like The Big Guy has just muted my microphone.
Praying always for the children who do not understand why this pandemic happened. I just talked to a mom the other day who's 5 year old child has been waiting 5 YEARS to go to school. Just like her siblings. And what about graduation? Prom? It's all so much for our kids. They want to play with their friends. Poor babies.
I want to ask for a prayer for myself. It is out of character for me to do that, but I need it. I am a nurse and have worked throughout this ordeal. I am being asked to travel out of state this week for work and for the first time, I feel afraid. I wanted to ask because I believe that if I’m not in it alone, it will be okay. I will pray for all of you too
I pray to release us all from the guilt of not doing this pandemic perfectly, I pray to release us from the guilt of not gathering in worship when we could. I pray to release us from the guilt of being afraid, that keeps us from being who you have called us to be. In your mercy.....
I pray for retail and grocery workers. This time of year is already hell on earth for them. I cannot imagine how much harder it is right now. May all their customers wear a mask and keep their distance and remain patient. May their supervisors be understanding and considerate. May they have enough time away from work to get enough sleep and see their loved ones however they safely can. May their holiday pay be very, very good.
Asking prayers today for my husband Rick. He is an RN and has been sick with COVID for a week. He is sitting right at the edge of all the really scary stuff and my anxiety is through the roof. Hes so healthy normally that he doesn't even have a doctor! I've tested positive as well but either am not getting sick, or am not yet. Thanks.
Praying we can find small ways to remind each other of who we are, and reflect back to each other the divine light inside so that we may maintain our strength while wading through the darkness and isolation. Praying for pockets of joy.
My prayers..
I am thankful for this place of connection since i manage my fear of ex-husband by avoiding social media..this feels a safe place to connect
I grieve the temporary loss of in person church
I pray for E, T, G, L, C, M, whose work in essential jobs increases their risk of covid ...keep them safe as they work in covid units and provide health care.
I pray for R whose psychosis has become increasingly worse during covid isolation
I pray for Y who is in week 6 in hospital struggling to recover from covid
I pray for my 100 year old grandmother who is in care and struggles to understand the isolation and meaning of covid.
I give thanks for my phone friends N, L, D, M, J and B who haven’t given up on me in spite of days of bad moods and nothing new to talk about.
I ask for transformation to become a better instrument of God’s love.
Grace and peace to all who come here.
I want to ask for prayer after an old friend and former coworker was murdered last Monday. She was the kindest most reliable case manager I'd ever worked with but on Monday a client with schizophrenia thought he was losing his social security, had a mental breakdown, and ended up killing her in her office. I'm asking for prayer for her family, friends, traumatized coworkers, and all the clients who relied on her. And for me. This hurts.
Today, God, please hold my children gently in the palm of your hand. Help them to feel loved even in the midst of this great constriction. Help them find hope that there will still be infinite possibilities for them to become their full selves when we get to the other side together. Help them to feel the gift of human connection and compassion in the evidence that we are all vulnerable; we are all, in some way, irrevocably broken. Help me to teach them, by my actions, that each of us can be of service in some way, according to our gifts, and to know that any way they offer themselves in service is blessed in your sight. Help them laugh. Help them play. Help them find joy in themselves and each other. Amen.
Prayers that the horrors we face now with COVID not erase our hopes for a better, lighter world in the months to come.
“Grief is the baseline for all of us. No more taking turns.” Damn if that’s not so. But I’m playing Advent hymns and I’m about to put the wreath on the door.
i pray for us all. i pray for those who still don't believe this horror is real, I pray for relief from the anxiety so many of us are suffering from. for myself, I pray for a good enough job at good enough pay. soon. before I give up looking
Lately my prayers are just hot stinging tears that come unbidden: I hear about a friend whose mom has had a stroke, been diagnosed with Covid, and has dementia. Not one of her 6 children can be with her. All of those with food insecurity at the food bank where I volunteer, especially the elderly. My mom who has dementia, and because of the isolation policies, barely recognizes me anymore since I can't visit and she can't negotiate technology to have face time visits.
Holy Mother, heal our brothers and sisters pain. Wrap them in your arms and heal their pain.
ARGH!!!!! Prayers so needed because I am totally losing my sh—stuff at work! The university where I worked royally F-ed up, put our totally amazing secretary in a larger department, brought back a furloughed employee who can’t find her bellybutton with two hands and a map and stuck her in our office. God bless her, she is nice enough but has mucked up every, tiny, thing we’ve given her. Please pray that (a) the university moves her elsewhere, or (b) she lands a job off campus, and / or (c) I don’t totally drop my freakin’ basket and become a yelling, screaming, hair-pulling banshee because it’s getting really bad. Like, WAY bad. And yes, I know this is a selfish prayer and yes, I know God’s hands are full with so many other much more important things, which is why I pray that He just says, “Ok. Fine. Let me get this little thing out of Neen’s way so I can move on to the big issues everyone else is facing” because right now? I feel like The Big Guy has just muted my microphone.
Wow, this prayer hit me right where I am -- self-kbsessing! Thanks you so much for your prayers, and blessings fellow commenters.
Praying always for the children who do not understand why this pandemic happened. I just talked to a mom the other day who's 5 year old child has been waiting 5 YEARS to go to school. Just like her siblings. And what about graduation? Prom? It's all so much for our kids. They want to play with their friends. Poor babies.