Today’s hedge prayer is inspired by THIS ARTICLE: (Click either the link or the image to the right.)
We definitely stand in need of a hedge prayer for the millions of Americans whose health has been put at risk by the idiotic – and patently false – chaos that Robert Kennedy Jr.’s department of health and human services has created in these past 11 months.
It’s clear that Kennedy is a anti-vaxxer, touting such crap like “no one ever regretted coming down with Covid.” (True, to an extent – the “regretful” ones all died during the pandemic!) He claims whole milk is healthy, fluoride in water is dangerous, swimming in polluted streams refreshing, Tylenol causes Autism (Funny how a pain-killer introduced in 1955 CAUSES a developmental disability that was discovered 44 years earlier in 1911, isn’t it?), and who is even a convicted felon for heroin possession… Yet the idiotic, mentally ill narcissistic sociopath who happens to be the current President of the United States put this nutcase in charge of ALL health concerns at the federal level… which RFK Jr. has systematically been dismantling (the CDC), ruining (the ACIP), or weaponizing to serve the MAGA ideology (the FDA, Medicare and Medicaid).
All of which are not only putting millions of people at risk; these patently false and idiotic plans will end up literally killing people. Hence the need for divine protection for the elderly, the very young, the ill or immune compromised, anyone on the Autism spectrum, those with any kind of serious medical condition at all. We should be praying for God’s protection for all of them – because putting someone like this in charge of the federal government’s HHS clearly shows that the current administration in Washington sure as hell doesn’t give a damn whether millions of us live or die.
Lord God of all creation, creator of every cell in our bodies, of every bacterium and virus as well as the countless stars in the sky, you have guided so many wise and knowledgeable people for centuries, as their discoveries and research has helped us live healthy and productive lives. Yet Lord, we now face a very real threat to all the progress that helps so many live meaningful lives despite medical conditions and disabilities. The idiotic and nonsensical dismantling of so many federal organizations by Robert F. Kennedy and those who share his deadly conspiracy theories will certainly harm – and indeed kill – many who will suffer for these foolish claims and actions.
Lord, protect those who will be affected by difficulties in obtaining vaccinations. Guide those who might be swayed by these patently false conspiracy theories, convict parents sitting on the vaccination fence that their children’s health and future deserves more than listening to these quacks and charlatans, and place your hedge of protection around any and all who could be hurt by these people’s stupidity.
And for RFK, Jr. and his cronies? Lord, squeeze them, hedge them in, confine them and contain them. Let the thorns of your hedge poke and prod them continually. Let their evil and false nonsense only harm those who believe likewise. Amen.