Events

The enormity of the what we’re experiencing today is difficult for our limited brains to process. It’s easy to slip into fear, frenzy and even panic. To run to the grocery store and stock up for the next three months (I admit, that was my first reaction).

How do we stay centered and confident in this hurricane of information and repercussions this virus is causing?

This prayer came to mind to help cope with the uncertainty and the stress. I particularly love it and would like to share it with you as a resource.

It’s a prayer for the world by Marianne Williamson.

Dear God,

We pray for this our world.
We ask that You remove the walls that separate us
and the chains that hold us down.
Use us to create a new world on earth, one that reflects
Your will, Your vision, Your peace.
In this moment, we recognize the power You have given us
to create anew the world we want.
Today’s world, dear Lord, but reflects our past confusion.
Now, in this moment, we ask for new light.
Illumine our minds.
Use us, dear Lord, as never before, as part of a great
and mighty plan for the healing of this world.
May we no longer be at war with each other.
May we no longer be at war with ourselves.
Let us forgive this century and every other, the evils of history,
the pain of our common fears.
Remove from our hearts the illusion that we are separate.
May every nation and every people and every color
and every religion find at last the one heartbeat we share,
Through You, our common Father/Mother and the redeemer
of our broken dreams.
May we not hold on to yesterday.
May we not obscure Your vision of tomorrow
but rather may You flood our hearts.
Flow through us, work through us, that in our lives we might
see the illumined world.
Create, sustain that world on earth, dear God, for us
and for our children.
Hallelujah, at the thought,
Praise God, the possibility that such a thing
could come to be, through You, through
Your light that shines within us.
So may it be.
So may it be.
We thank you, Lord.
Amen.