Prayers for doctors, nurses and healthcare workers
The case you cannot put down
The one you keep reopening: the miss, the what-if, the guilt.
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalm 55:22, NIV
Lord, there is a case I keep reopening: what I saw, what I missed, what I would do differently. I have carried it long enough. I cast it on You, the outcome and the what-ifs. Let me learn what there is to learn, and let me put the rest down. Sustain me. Amen.
I have carried it long enough
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.
- After losing a patient The day someone died and you were there, and the family in the hallway.
- 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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