Dear Lord,
What can I do? I'm tearing my hair
out, what's left of it.
I've taken on this graduate and technician and
they've come good - we finished the contract on time. But now the orders seem to
have dried up - how can we finance the research we started without cash? Maybe
it's because the large firms that used to give us work have merged and cut down
their R&D. I don't want to lay off anyone, but it's either that or going
bust. Now I'm spending more time looking for work than working.
Give me the
faith so that I can take time off for a holiday, and inspiration and hope, Lord,
to hang on in there.
Robert Spooner, chaplain to Sheffield Science Park
We thank you, God,
For this beautiful world,
Waiting
to be discovered.
From the scale of the living cell
To the universe,
There
is elegance and complexity
Unfolding at every step.
For people who work
in this world of discovering,
For scientists at their work,
We pray.
When
it all seems mundane,
Lift their spirits.
When funding is hard to come
by,
And all their energy goes into getting money,
Help them see
sometimes
What it is all for.
God help them
When they don't like
what is being done with their knowledge,
Or they don't care.
Let the
search for truth be done
With all integrity
Through Jesus Christ our
Lord...
IMSY