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A Prayer for Ordering a Day in the New “Normal”

April 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Lord God, maker of heaven & earth, all that’s in them, of this day, and maker of me;

These days flow into each other like so many beads on a string and I barely know which one this is. I wake, sleep, wake again—and it seems the same. I may be…

  • in endless cycles of caring & cleaning up;
  • restless & anxious at night, unable to sleep
  • working at all hours with no boundaries;
  • or barely working, feeling a void where once I had a purpose and a part to play.
  • skim headlines only to see confusion, chaos, cluelessness, & blame outside of me… that too often matches what’s inside me.
  • forget to eat, exercise, pray, or be still
  • or I want to, but can’t seem to get there.

Help me. Remind me that this is your day and I can rejoice in that.

Do not ignore my needs or lessen my hope.

Give me bread enough for this day.

So guide and govern me that I neither forget you nor fail this test. Be gracious.

Place me with your son, and keep me there—that whether I wake or sleep, I’m with you.

Thanks to Eric Brown for sharing a printable version of this prayer.

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