Ever-Present Help

A prayer for grief, from Psalm 46:1-3

Refuge, strength, ever-present help in trouble: this psalm was written for days when the ground itself feels unreliable. It doesn't promise the earth won't give way. It promises where you can stand while it does. A prayer for the shaking.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Psalm 46:1-3 (NIV)

The prayer

God, You are my refuge and strength, an ever-present help in this trouble. Even if the earth gives way, I will not fear. You are with me.

Make it yours: change any words that don’t fit, or stop at the one line that’s true today. Amen can wait until you mean it.

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