Mental health problems can affect any of us. Today we pray for those who are struggling with mental health. If you’d like a chat or a cuppa with someone who can listen, please get in touch. And you’re always welcome in St Edmund’s either to come and sit quietly (the church is open every day) or for a service.
A Prayer for World Mental Health Day By Alison Webster
God of compassion,
You meant us to be both fragile and ordinary.
Silence the voices that say we are not good enough,
Haven’t achieved enough,
Haven’t enough to show for our lives,
That we are not enough.
Help us to know that we are treasure,
We are prized,
We are cherished,
We are loved.
Infinitely.
By you.
So be with us in our corrugations of feeling:
When our hearts are in downward freefall, be with us
When our minds race with anxiety, be with us
When our throats close in fear, be with us
When sleep will not come, be with us
When waking hurts, be with us.
In the name of Jesus,
Who knew trauma, abuse, despair and abandonment
And has nothing but love for us,
Amen.
