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Prayer for Those in Physical Pain

Oh Lord, help me to feel your calming hand upon me
when I am in pain.
Let your ever-loving comfort enfold me,
And give me the heart to see
that in my suffering, I am becoming
closer to you...
and more divine.

- Maureen Pratt

Source: Copyright (c) 2005 by Maureen Pratt. From "Peace in the Storm: Meditations on Chronic Pain and Illness" by Maureen Pratt, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted with permission.

TAGS: Healing, Illness, Pain, Suffering, Christian, Ever Loving, Heart, Hand, Calming, Christianity, Faith