Recently, Dori had an excellent prayer and I was particularly moved. I'd say it was the Covid 19 Prayer I'll always remember. Here is my best summary:
Dear Father God,
We lean into You to rest and draw Comfort from You. We realize we are fine. We are fine, and we are fine.
And suddenly we realize we have been tense all day being fine. And we again know we need the Strength and encouragement we find in Jesus Christ. Let's draw close together. And in your Strength, we will rest assured.
We want Your Comfort to surround and protect those we Love. We know You are God and You make all things Possible.
We live in Jesus, renew us again in Jesus. Amen.
I've had all the symptoms of Covid 19 at least
three times a week. How 'bout achew?
Feeling intermittently (or constantly) on edge, worried or sleepless are normal ‘fight-or-flight’ reactions to this trauma. We are not going crazy. We are simply coping with a new reality — whether we are sick or not.
By Lucy McBride, M.D. and Roxane Cohen Silver, Ph.D
About mid-March, as I walked the dogs, I'd pass quite a few people looking like someone was in the room with a loaded gun. People were terrified. Now, people don't look so afraid and this is wonderful. And yet, there is a lot of emotion surrounding so many, many new opportunities for a solution. Ranging from Spiritual, Health, Finances, National, State, Local, Jobs, Safety, Isolation, Relationships, Reactions to the events with the people we love and interact with. We all look more normal, but it's a tough worried, concerned, downright angry time. Even the boredom does things.
If you aren't sleeping, you won't do well. (Unless you are Michelangelo).
Melatonin in your right number, slow-release. Melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland. That's a pea-sized gland found just above the middle of your brain. It helps your body know it's time to sleep. I've found juggling the numbers and not always taking Melatonin makes my Pineal happier. I've found my Tinnitus is happier and calmer as well.
The other thing we have to examine is the comfort we require to sleep. This might be as easy as juggling the blankets in the house. I've found a cotton woven blanket will make the covers hug me and this feels like I have covers, not needing adjustment. And then we have a synthetic eiderdown comforter, with very smooth cotton. The real eiderdown bunched up. And in the winter, or in back pain, we sleep with a heating blanket under us to make tired shoulders and hips have comfort with a flick of a switch. Works very well. Edward and I have 3 down pillows each and constantly battle for the fluffy, on top, pillow. My sons swear by Tempurpedic pillows. Our mattress is Tempurpedic and it's constantly warm, so we have a ceiling fan and my grandmother Anita's c. 1935 iron fan pointed at us.
What would cause your nest to be more comfortable - this is for you to diligently experiment. Our quilt is great but it hurts my feet and I remove this from my feet. It's an effort of comfort, well worth the testing.
Limiting media exposure, avoiding mistruths, and practicing breathing, yoga or meditation. Prayer! And the Word of God. This is Easter and we are going to find our Road to Emmaus, not with convoluted suddenly arrived at new theories, but with the Solid Rock Foundation of God's Word.
What will you face? Exercise? Making phone calls to the less than enthusiastic? Going back to work? Having new fears? Exercise and music are going to help with Prayer. Maybe you will make time to please yourself. I've been having sugar free ice-cream with a diet soda. For a hundred calories, I'm beating pre-diabetes. With Exercise. And Prayer.
Here is my disclaimer:
Ad mores et ad usum, ut usus sit commercial, sive in natura, sive in nonprofit pro educational usus.
De natura iuris opus.
Et quantum ad usus, et sustineri ex parte comparari ad se ut totum opus iuris.
Saying, if you are older and have immunity health issues, take care. Or if you are in a Hot Spot. Don't.
I'm seeing people who are healthier and family meeting together in parking lots.
Coffee is being sipped. Restaurant take-out is being eaten. In Parking Lots. The cars take up two spots, leaving two empty spaces in between for four people in two car spaces. What is carried from home are foldable yard chairs. Everyone is 6 feet apart. The people look happier. And one warm, warm Texas day the parking lot featured two lounge chairs in the very warm concrete Parking Lot. It's not the beach, but Texas Concrete Parking Lots are bright and very warm!
When we feel overwhelmed, one day at a time. Consider the times this nation has seen in one lifetime:
I feel in God we Trust, we will prevail.
World War I
Spanish Flu
The rise of dictatorship
The Nuclear Age
World War II
The end of empires: decolonization
The Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam
Polio
The Great Depression of 1929–39
1950s: U.S. Army–McCarthy Hearings
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The OPEC Oil Price Shock of 1973
Black Monday 1987
The Asian Crisis of 1997
Information and communications technology
The Financial Crisis of 2008
911
Middle East Wars
You would think, looking at this list, no one would ever have hope again. And yet, lives went forth. Hope and Strength endured. Life Prevailed.
Matins (during the night, at about 2 a.m.); also called Vigil
Lauds or Dawn Prayer (at dawn, about 5 a.m., but earlier in summer, later in winter)
Prime or Early Morning Prayer (First Hour = approximately 6 a.m.)
Terce or Mid-Morning Prayer (Third Hour = approximately 9 a.m.)
Sext or Midday Prayer (Sixth Hour = approximately 12 noon)
The Lord's Prayer is said Nationwide for the Nation and your prayer requests. We ask the Blessing of seeking God first and His Kingdom here on earth and Heaven. We pray to Live Love, Peace and Joy.
Nones or Mid-Afternoon Prayer (Ninth Hour = approximately 3 p.m.)
We pray for the ill to not have suffering. We pray the Virus to stop. We pray for Health Care to have hope, strength and relief. We pray for God's Miracles and His daily Love enfolding us.
Vespers or Evening Prayer ("at the lighting of the lamps", about 6 p.m.)
Compline or Night Prayer (before retiring)
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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