Praying
for all the babies
to be vaccinated
ASAP,
and praying
for all the parents
(and grandparents and beloveds)
of those babies
who have been waiting
half past forever
to exhale
they know
what Selah means
Selah God
Selah!*
Amen.
*Selah is some kind of exclamatory sigh thing in the Bible that we don’t really know how to translate
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God, This is a word of Prayer
Of Thanksgiving! For vaccines for all the elementary Schoolers
The 5-11 year olds who have had to wait, 20 long months
Without friends and with masks.
With parents who loved them, and many grownups who acted not in their best interest–
This is a prayer for the kids who had to stay cooped up
all alone, or play only with their siblings and parents until they drove their parents batty
who had to do school (or try to) at home.
This is a prayer for all those kiddos who finally get those shots
and a continued prayers for the preschoolers and babies who can’t get theirs yet.
You know God, that I don’t use curse words much.
At the tender age of 7 I saw My Left Foot
And when the Main Character cursed, frustrated by his disability–
(even though of course I had already heard those words on the bus,
as my mom’s friend pointed out when she was worried about showing me the movie)
I learned that those words should be used in very important situations.
This is why I think getting a COVID shot is the perfect time to say
Fuck.
whether it’s to withstand the pain–or to to curse out all the time this interminably long wait has been.
Fuck,
Fuck Yeah.
And thank God for the Vaccine!
Let’s Go Get our next round of Shots!
Fuck!
Thank you!
Amen!
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God, my heart is so happy whenever I hear or see that anyone has received the vaccine. It makes me want to throw a party.
So God, today the kingdom of heaven looks like everyone being vaccinated and going to a party.
No one is too early and no one is too late to join the party.
We are all dressed like we want God, to the nines or comfortably.
No one is jealous or pushing in line, no one is worried that there is not enough food or glamour or belovedness to go around.
Every single person is called by their name and preferred pronouns are used without a misstep or a blink of surprise.
God, today the kingdom of heaven looks like Spring with kids playing freely, unbothered but the stresses of the pandemic.
Homes are warm and dry and safe and accessible; everyone has one to go to and no one is afraid to go home.
People are supported: their status is not defined by their age or gender or class or marital status. Every person is celebrated.
People’s traditions and roots and experiences are valued and validated. Science is no longer, ever, seen to be in conflict with faithfulness.
And Faith is in the room. Faith that word which is almost never used to refer to a singular person’s set of beliefs, but instead is a word that honors the system of the community that glues them together through ritual and hope. Faith is abundant.
God, your kingdom come, your will be done. I pray now and forever.
Amen.
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