Prayer of the Sick

Lord,
You have promised us Your presence.
I feel the need of that presence now
for comfort, for strength.
My illness saps my energy.
My routine is disrupted by the unknown.
My family and friends are hurting too.
Sometimes the anxiety is too much.
Sometimes You seem distant.
Sometimes I hurt in loneliness.
Father, heal my spirit and my body.
Walk with me.
Assure me that You are here.
Remind me that Your grace is sufficient.
Be with those who care for me.
Help me to care for them as well.
Remember my fellow sufferers.
In Your grace and love, remember us all.
For being here with me, thank You.
Through Jesus the Christ, Amen

--Virgil Fry



© Excerpt from author’s new book Disrupted:
Finding God in Illness and Grief
(Nashville: 21st Century Press, 1999).