The following litany intersperses a refrain from the song Waymaker by Leeland. These short lines help God’s people recognize that God is at work in the world and in each of us at all times and all places. The prayer is designed to be highly contextual. Use it as a template and rewrite it based on your church’s people and daily work. This simple refrain grounds our vocational realities in God’s ongoing work.
Refrain
Even when I don’t see it you’re working
Even when I don’t feel it you’re working
You never stop You never stop working
You never stop You never stop working
- In our cubicles and break rooms. At our desks, offices, or factory floors. You never stop working.
- As first responders running into potential danger to care for our community.
- As medical professionals putting our health and wellbeing at risk to care for the sick – we remember:
Refrain
Even when I don’t see it you’re working
Even when I don’t feel it you’re working
You never stop You never stop working
You never stop You never stop working
- As teachers and professors educating students and helping them learn.
- As students taking in new information everyday and learning how to apply it to our lives
- As parents changing countless diapers, running errands, answering unanswerable questions, quelling sibling rivalries and fights, making meal after meal, transporting from one activity to another.
- As children, being guided by our parents. Cleaning rooms and doing chores, while also embracing play and imagination
- As grandparents, great aunts and uncles, or great grandparents, supporting our extended families and communities in our retirement with our presence, service, and wisdom – we remember:
Refrain
Even when I don’t see it you’re working
Even when I don’t feel it you’re working
You never stop You never stop working
You never stop You never stop working
- As construction workers, braving the elements to improve our infrastructure
- As builders who use our hands to create living spaces, professional spaces, and community spaces
- As electricians, plumbers, heating and cooling technicians, making our spaces functional and comfortable
- As hospitality workers caring for customers ranging from kind and welcoming to cold and demanding
- As office administrators keeping our workplace in order caring for so many details that go unnoticed – we remember
Refrain
Even when I don’t see it you’re working
Even when I don’t feel it you’re working
You never stop You never stop working
You never stop You never stop working
- As bus, uber, and taxi drivers transporting people from place to place
- As delivery drivers, bringing countless packages to different homes and institutions in a timely fashion
As people trying to provide for our families with hope and love. May we worship in whatever we do. May we acknowledge that You oh Lord are always working, even when we cannot see your hand. Amen.