Prayers for doctors, nurses and healthcare workers
After losing a patient
The day someone died and you were there, and the family in the hallway.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18, NIV
God, someone died today and I was there. I did what I could, and it was not in my hands, and I have to go back in. Be close to the people who loved them. Be close to me. Hold what I cannot put down yet. Amen.
Someone died today
The other moments
- Before a shift Steady hands, a clear head, and kindness when you are tired.
- When you are carrying too much For the weight that does not clock out, and the cry in the car.
- The case you cannot put down The one you keep reopening: the miss, the what-if, the guilt.
- When your worth feels like your last result The evaluation, the grant, the match, the ranking.
- When you are pressed from every side Hard pressed, not crushed.
- The 3 a.m. one For the night shift, and the nights you cannot sleep.
- When you are the one who is supposed to have the answer A high priest who understands weakness.
- Sunday, on call For the Sundays the schedule takes.
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