A Prayer For Those Who Are Losing Our S*** Right Now ~ Nadia Bolz-Weber

Dear God,

Please forgive me for how I acted when that Amazon truck was blocking my driveway the other day.

In your endless compassion you know my rage was really about every form of fear I am trying to keep at bay right now – how it all sort of broke through my exhausted defenses because I was coming home from the gym and was really hungry.

When I see others not being the best version of themselves, guide me to compassion for them, that in doing so I might also have compassion for myself.

You know how fragile we are.

And next time when I am that hungry, please nudge me to eat a [darn] sandwich FIRST, and THEN respond to whatever it is that feels like it is trying to attack me.

And when, O God, I inevitably try and control everything and everyone in my life, please have mercy upon me – for you know that what I am really doing is responding to how powerless I feel over every single thing in the news cycle every single day.

Accept O Lord, my [shabby] little prayer, for those are the only ones I have in me right now.

In Jesus name, Amen