God,
I’m tired
Of praying
For peace.
God,
I’m tired
Of praying.
God,
I’m tired.
God.
Amen.
Feel free to use/adapt/share with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta
Tapped Out
I’m so tapped out of prayers.
I’ve been writing them for almost two years…
words have been ripped from my soul.
I’ve learned and yearned and earned
and still I find myself turning to God.
Anguished.
I think in my heart of hearts
that if I say the right words
everything will be fixed.
When instead, God….
you know.
You know God,
The right prayers do the opposite.
Cutting open the wounds,
Allowing myself to emotionally
throw up for the entire world to see…
and ironically
that helps
So here I am.
Stubbornly
Being Sick on the Page one more time.
Saying WHY GOD
WHY THE HELL WON’T WE DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO
to Bring a PANDEMIC to AN END.
Never in my life will I EVER use the expression
“Avoid it like the Plague”
Never will I take supply chains for granted.
And I look forward to being
a weird old lady
with tales of school from home,
when the church FINALLY got tech
after me a young-in pleaded for years with it,
Shutdowns, BLM, masks, baking
and that time when
we all learned to appreciate
science and vaccinations
(and hopefully redesigned how we
allocated ALL the national budget)
So here we are God,
just you
and me
and the world,
and a prayer
Trying to fix things.
I’m not going to stop.
Let’s go.
Amen.
Feel free to use/adapt/share with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta
Please consider supporting my 2nd year of Doctorate of Ministry in Creative Writing at https://gofund.me/aaeb4910
An Advent Prayer for the World Weary
Here’s a Prayer
for anyone who is going into Advent Tired
Weary of almost two years of
pandemicking
Two years of pastoring or preaching or caring or writing prayers for people
who are ill, or caretaking,
or trying to find a bed in the hospital, or a spot for surgery.
Here’s a prayer for a timeframe where the hard things have been harder
and the loneliness has felt excruciating,
and the reassessing has hit like a hammer
and the promised whisper of the baby Jesus
is hard to hear over the to do lists,
and the worrying
and apocalyptic understanding of health/political/biogotted infrastructures and economies
of this time and space.
And Lord,
It makes us wonder if this is some of what Mary felt in tumultuous and occupied Jerusalem
when she faced the angel,
overwhelmed by it all
We too feel her determination
As she opened her mouth and
found that the words that tumbled out were
It doesn’t have to be this way!
It doesn’t have to be this way!
Magnify the Lord!
Bring down the Mighty
Fill the Hungry with Good Things.
So as we enter this Advent, tired and hungry and lonely God.
Remind us that,Advent is a good time for these feelings, Lord.
Advent is about preparation,
and understanding that we are ready for Jesus!
Lord,
I think we need Christ right now,
And that’s ok,
Remind us that it’s ok,
It’s ok to really, truly need Jesus!
and traditional to be world weary at Advent.
And help us to sit with that a bit I pray.
Amen.
Here’s a Prayer
for anyone who is going into Advent Tired
Weary of almost two years of
pandemicking
Two years of pastoring or preaching or caring or writing prayers for people
who are ill, or caretaking,
or trying to find a bed in the hospital, or a spot for surgery.
Here’s a prayer for a timeframe where the hard things have been harder
and the loneliness has felt excruciating,
and the reassessing has hit like a hammer
and the promised whisper of the baby Jesus
is hard to hear over the to do lists,
and the worrying
and apocalyptic understanding of health/political/biogotted infrastructures and economies
of this time and space.
And Lord,
It makes us wonder if this is some of what Mary felt in tumultuous and occupied Jerusalem
when she faced the angel,
overwhelmed by it all
We too feel her determination
As she opened her mouth and
found that the words that tumbled out were
It doesn’t have to be this way!
It doesn’t have to be this way!
Magnify the Lord!
Bring down the Mighty
Fill the Hungry with Good Things.
So as we enter this Advent, tired and hungry and lonely God.
Remind us that,Advent is a good time for these feelings, Lord.
Advent is about preparation,
and understanding that we are ready for Jesus!
Lord,
I think we need Christ right now,
And that’s ok,
Remind us that it’s ok,
It’s ok to really, truly need Jesus!
and traditional to be world weary at Advent.
And help us to sit with that a bit I pray.
Amen.
Complete List of Pandemic Prayers and Resources
With Thanks to April Fiet, Andre Henry, David Hogg and Kevin Miguel Garcia for the Inspirational Tweets
Originally Published at RevGalBlogPals https://revgalblogpals.org/2021/12/03/an-advent-prayer-for-the-world-weary/
If you enjoy my prayers please consider giving to my Doctorate in Creative Writing. I write extensive prayers and resources for free and usually have over 100 views a day. If everyone gave $10 I’d be done in two weeks! https://gofund.me/70a114f9
Please feel free to share/adapt/use with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta
Too Tired
katyandtheword 