O Lord, I find it hard to remember what it was like
to be healthy.
Help me keep my mind focused on good health
and strength.
Let me be positive about the course of treatment
I am undergoing.

And let me always have faith, great faith,
in your presence in my life
and your glory in my health.
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.