Pray without ceasing . . . Now?!

This prayer by the Rt. Rev. Susan Goff, retired Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, has been shared widely on Facebook. I share it here as an example of genuine prayer and as encouragement to all who find it difficult to pray in this current political climate:

My Confession
God, I can’t for the life of me figure out how to pray for him
who mocks your beloved and seems to think he’s you.
I can’t for the life of me figure out how to pray for him
whose god is power, whose currency is cruelty.
I know, I know, he is also your child, made in your image.
I know, I know, I have promised to be faithful in prayer.
I know, I know what you want me to do.
I just don’t know how. And I really, really don’t want to
when his name tastes sour on my lips.
God, the best I can do right now is name this aversion.
The best I can do is want to pray better.
Please hear this stumbling confession of mine.
Please make something of my willingness to try. 
Please help me speak his name to you
until I can do it without flinching.
Because although I can’t for the life of me
figure out how to pray for him,
praying for him is for the life of me and the life of the world
-as much as it is for him.  Amen.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
—1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 English Standard Version