All Shall Be Well: A Closing Prayer for Making it Through Together
Everyone thing can change in a moment.
Disaster can take our certainty,
Our plans for the coming months,
The health we thought would be ours,
And the people that have made our lives full.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Tragedy can shake the firmest foundation
And consume our homes by flood.
Grief can rob our chests of deep breath
And our minds of every clear thought.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
The darkness can threaten the marginalized,
Who were vulnerable before its coming.
It can bring out the worst in our humanity
And expose the fears we nurse.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
War, disease, disaster, and violence
Can rewrite a story we loved.
Injustice can leave us beyond exhausted.
"How long, O God!" we cry out.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
But here's what it cannot do:
It cannot stop the sun from rising
Or grace from being free.
It cannot contain the abundant creativity
That explodes amid limitations.
Emmanuel, God is with us.
Loss cannot restrain the helpers
From meeting the needs of neighbors.
Pain will not keep the people from singing
Or the grass from growing again.
Emmanuel, God is with us.
Every ounce of chaos couldn't fill the bravery
We learned was inside of us.
And no new normal can steal the memories
That taught us how to love.
Emmanuel, God is with us.
This moment, no matter how dark or how long,
Can't make us belong to one another less.
And not one single thing in all of creation
Can separate us from God's love.
Emmanuel, God is with us.
All shall be well; love has not failed.
We'll make it through together.
All shall be well; love will not fail.
We'll make it through together.
All shall be well; love cannot fail.
We'll make it through together.
-Britney Winn Lee
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