Prayer for Eradication
(For all whose health is threatened by infection and illness.)
Promised Land holds many gifts,
perfect health not among them.
Homeland, however distant and inadequate,
prepared our bodies to fend-off
only native strains of illness.
Exodus always exposes
the charade of our self-sufficiency,
threatens to overwhelm us with its newness,
its uniquely configured DNA,
its cornucopia of germs and viruses.
Hold us, O God of liberation,
in your strong but tender hand,
bring wisdom, love, science,
three of your holy graces,
to bear upon our small, frail bodies.
Move life-giving water to its intended place,
out of lungs and into other tissue,
hydrating us and leaving room for
your spirit-guided breath to animate,
inspire us to new life in you.
© 2011 Todd Jenkins
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