(The impetus for this prayer can be found here: “Layoffs are piling up, heightening worker anxiety. Here are some of the biggest recent job cuts.”
16 thousand at Amazon, 30 thousand from UPS. Entire plants closed with Tyson foods, HP, Verizon, Nestle’, Novo Nordisk, Intel, P & G… the list goes on and on. People are being laid off in the thousands in Donald Trump’s “Wonderful, Perfect, Couldn’t-get-any-better” economy. All while food prices continue to rise – while practically EVERYTHING other than gasoline continues to outpace inflation – and need we even mention the new reality of health care where so many people can’t afford insurance anymore? It all adds up to many, MANY people who need hedge prayers of protection right now.
Lord God, thousands of our neighbors and friends are losing their jobs as corporations continue to chase profits over people and maximize money instead of serving their communities. Protect them, O God. Help them have enough food to feed their families – wherever that food may come from. Help them stay well as they cannot afford doctor visits or emergency room bills. (And place a hedge of thorns squarely in the path of those who would continue the madness of letting health care affordability die in order to give tax cuts to the wealthiest of the greedy.)
Clearly, Lord God… things are NOT all right here in our current world – despite the lying propaganda coming from the White House and the President’s various mouth pieces. Our friends need your protection, Lord. And we all need your guidance, even perhaps your judgment and discipline. Amen.