For Everything Else #LetUsPray*: A Weekly Centering Prayer for These Turbulent Times Let Us Pray — God of the swirling chaos, With strife and suffering surrounding us With terror and violence taunting us With despair and desperation laying claim to our spirits. God, we cannot hold everything all at once Because we are barely holding on to everything else — For loved ones who are struggling with health: mental, emotional, and physical. For relationships that need time to be tended: family, work, and friends. For the things we often never share: our heartaches, our diagnoses, and our anxieties. For the parts of ourselves that seek liberation: creation, curiosity, and rest. For the daily frustrations of life For the things that never take a break For everything else, we lift these all to you. God, remind us that we need not hold everything on our own. Grant us the humility to believe this to be true. Allow us the wisdom to know when and how to hold the struggles of others. And ...