A Prayer While Sheltering in Place for COVID-19

The bright pink and white azaleas are stunning right now. 

Oh, Lord, I see Your glory all around me.

And yet I feel unease, 

Deep, relentless unease,

A sense of impending doom and

Uncertainty

certain only that the future will not be like the past.

Worries, fears, panic even, take me over, 

Especially at night when rest should come.

Oh, Lord, in You there is calm

And strength and resilience

And peace

And a sense of security, 

Though maybe not exactly the kind I thought i wanted

But some form of security and ground

That is eternal, so much bigger than this.

You are the Place that Peace always lives

No matter what happens here on earth

Help me find this Place inside me.

I try to manage things

To make them right

But it often comes from panic

And is not wise

Teach me to relax into Your embrace

To know that though all may not be well

All will be as it is meant to be

In Your infinitely Good universe

And that we are still loved at all moments

Teach me to know the peace of surrender

To allow things to unfold

Without panic

Only playing my part in wisdom and calm

And clarity

And great great love for myself 

And my fellow human beings