These past few days, Lord, so many people have shared with me their worries, their anxieties and fears...
- Folks anxious about keeping a job or losing a job or finding a job or finding a second job to make ends meet...So, teach us, Lord, to trust that you're with us when we fear you've forgotten we're here...
- Some worried about their own health and others for family and friends who are ill...
- Some anxious about their past, and others about their future...
- Some worrying too much about small things and others worrying too little over what really matters...
- Some anticipating bad news - that may never arrive; others worried that good news is much too long in coming...
- Some with worries they've carried for years and others burdened by this morning's news...
- And the worries about family are so many, Lord - almost too many to count...
Teach us to hope in you and your help when we don't know the way or what to do next...
Help us let go what we needn't hold on to and help us hold fast to what keeps us with you...
Remind us that whatever our problem may be: that this too shall pass and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well...
Touch with your grace and your gentle healing our worries and fears, our problems and burdens and cares...
Give us patience, Lord, as your plan unfolds, as we pray for answers, as we wait for good news, as we hope for change, as we look for the help only you can give...
Help us generously carry our neighbor's load and graciously accept our neighbor's offer to help us carry our own...
Be with us, Lord, when we are in trouble - be with us, Lord, we pray...
Amen.
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