Lenten Meditation: Prayer in the time of COVID19
If you're going to pray about the coronavirus, or COVID19, situation, go big.
Pray big. Pray without limits.
Pray for the virus to be turned away from the earth.
Don't pray only for your family, your town, your state, your country. Pray for the virus to be turned away.
What does this mean?
It means you will pray for government leaders and for business leaders. Your politics don't matter. Their politics don't matter. Pray they will make wise, compassionate, effective decisions.
Pray for the health workers who are risking their lives each hour and each day.
Pray for law enforcement and first responders who go into spaces the rest of us avoid at all costs.
Pray for unemployed workers and struggling business owners who don't know what the next thirty days will bring.
Pray for the children and families who struggle to stay safe and well in homes that are dominated by domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual abuse.
Pray for those who are filled with anxiety, fear, and the inability to see a way forward.
Pray for those who ignore stay at home orders because of a lack of understanding, a lack of care for others, or a lack of care for the future.
Pray for churches that continue to ignore stay at home orders because a leader fears losing followers, because a leader wants to dip their fingers into the offering that Sunday afternoon, because they gave no understanding of the Christian call to care for others and to value community.
Pray for the haters and extremists who would happily weaponize this tragedy to push forward their agendas. Pray for their hearts to be turned away from thoughts of death and destruction.
Pray for the sick who are suffering their last moments in fear and isolation.
Pray for those who feel so vulnerable and disconnected that they no longer believe anything they do will matter.
Pray for the virus to be turned away because we're not ready to handle it and we don't know how to get ready.
Pray for a loving God to turn away the virus, to show mercy and power, to restore to us another chance to live as full and true humans.
Pray big. Pray without limits.
Pray for the virus to be turned away from the earth.
Don't pray only for your family, your town, your state, your country. Pray for the virus to be turned away.
What does this mean?
It means you will pray for government leaders and for business leaders. Your politics don't matter. Their politics don't matter. Pray they will make wise, compassionate, effective decisions.
Pray for the health workers who are risking their lives each hour and each day.
Pray for law enforcement and first responders who go into spaces the rest of us avoid at all costs.
Pray for unemployed workers and struggling business owners who don't know what the next thirty days will bring.
Pray for the children and families who struggle to stay safe and well in homes that are dominated by domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual abuse.
Pray for those who are filled with anxiety, fear, and the inability to see a way forward.
Pray for those who ignore stay at home orders because of a lack of understanding, a lack of care for others, or a lack of care for the future.
Pray for churches that continue to ignore stay at home orders because a leader fears losing followers, because a leader wants to dip their fingers into the offering that Sunday afternoon, because they gave no understanding of the Christian call to care for others and to value community.
Pray for the haters and extremists who would happily weaponize this tragedy to push forward their agendas. Pray for their hearts to be turned away from thoughts of death and destruction.
Pray for the sick who are suffering their last moments in fear and isolation.
Pray for those who feel so vulnerable and disconnected that they no longer believe anything they do will matter.
Pray for the virus to be turned away because we're not ready to handle it and we don't know how to get ready.
Pray for a loving God to turn away the virus, to show mercy and power, to restore to us another chance to live as full and true humans.
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