Prayer

Your Eye, My Peace

Your Eye, My Peace My mischievous boysalign themselves with chaos.Follow them where I cannot.Step in to protect themfrom dangers and disastrous consequences.May my words reach You.May you favor them with Your guidance.I am forever indebted to You.What can I do to make Your day?

Also labeled: Prayer for Guidance, Request Prayer, Prayer for Children, Various Author

Intervention

Intervention The pain never stops.It has become as much a part of meas my skin, my eyes, my pulse. Please, please intervene.Reunite my body with your blessings ...with joy and life and strength. Remind me what it was to be safe in my body. And when I cannot hear Your reminders,

Also labeled: Healing Prayer, Prayer for Healing, Prayer for Pain, Prayer for Depression, Multiple Sclerosis, Abigail Wurdeman

Rejuvenation

Rejuvenation Awake to a damp, cloudy morn;rain imminent.Take a breath of thick, heavy air.I don't ask for sunshine,just a bright perspective of this day.The rains pour down.Rains that cleanse the mind, the air;rains that nourish every living thing.Including me.

Also labeled: Meditation Prayer, Simple Prayer, Prayer for Nature, Spiritual Connection, Various Author, Spiritual Healing

Feeling Lonely

Feeling Lonely My mornings of sorroware shrouded in pain.This "ideal" lifestyleis crumbling into dust.Hope is shattered.Life has implodedinto the sands of time. Tears like crystal ball snowflakesfleck with happinesstwirling with the forcesof false emotion,as myriad feelingsreflect on mirrorsdulled by...

Also labeled: Tanja Cilia, Request Prayer, Prayer for Depression, Prayer for Divorce, Loneliness, God Help Me, Prayer Request, Failing Marriage

Blessed Meal

Blessed Meal Thank You for this food.May I savor each bitemindful of the blessings that bought it,the work that produced it,and the hands that prepared it.May I be nourished and renewedby this gift of sustenance,eager and able to pass Your blessings on.

Also labeled: Meal Prayer, Prayer for Food, Abigail Wurdeman, Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks

Ever-Present

Ever-Present I lost my nerve todayand You led me back to it.What would I do without Yourever-present support?Thank You for never,tiring    tiring     tiring of my repetitivepleas and failings.

Also labeled: Bad Day, Karen Laven, Prayer for Thanks, Self Esteem, Stress, Thanksgiving Prayer

Finding Time

Finding Time It's everywhere.Sitting on the bus or driving in the car.Waiting at the deli counter, number 56 in hand.Who knew 3 pounds of lean corned beefcould get me closer

Also labeled: Prayer for Busy Women, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for a Busy Life, Prayer for Inspiration, Spiritual Connection, Starting the Day Prayer, Inspirational Prayer, Karen Laven

The Truth About Troubles

The Truth About Troubles If you just scan the headlines of my life,you'll think I'm delusional.What in the world would make me thinkthere's any hope?Calloused hearts, empty stomachs, aimless souls.Tail-gaters, back-stabbers, nay-sayers.It seems that civilityhas become a casualty.Human is no longer

Also labeled: Peace Prayer, Prayer for Peace, Prayer for Unity

Playtime

Playtime Trees must be climbed,pebbles thrown and puddles stomped.Instead of calling him back,help me share in the joyof these sights, these sounds,and these experiences.Help me fight the urgeto look for the stain removeruntil after we have had our fun,run our race,and laughed out loud.With Your help,I can relearn joyin the sticky hands...

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer of Appreciation, Prayer for Children

Concrete Walls

Concrete Walls Her letters arrive filled with anguish,apologies, and tear-stained pages.She speaks of isolation, little sleep,cold floors, cold showers, guards that hate.She begs forgiveness for what she's done;she asks for...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Children, Overwhelmed, Prayer for Help, Jail, Heidi Haller, Incarceration , Prayer for the Faithful

Giving Up the Smokes

Giving Up the Smokes Today I did not dothat thing I should not do:That thing I've allowedto define me,for far too long.I tell myself stories about it."It keeps me thin.""I can't resist it."Today I realizedthose stories are lies,and I didn't listen.

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Smoking, Lori Strawn, Prayer for Help

This Garment

This Garment The one I love is on my mind. I carry You with me every day, like a shawl that covers me, or a stone in my pocket that I constantly reach forto make sure it's still there. But I worry so much about our future.  It's unknown, like everyone's. It's riddled with...

Also labeled: Spiritual Healing, Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Faith, Various Author

Sacred Agent

Sacred Agent I ask that you make me Yours—not only your child,Your wayward lamb—but also Your instrument,Your agent of change.Teach me to surrender not to the darkness,but to the light of possibilityas Your strength sustains me,and Your wisdom guides me. For once, I...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer for World Peace, Abigail Wurdeman, Confidence, Express Yourself, Speak Out, Standing Up for Yourself, Self Esteem

Tail End of Hope

Tail End of Hope I cannot see the light at the end anymore.All I can see are the months stretched out before me,each one representing a new set of bills I cannot pay.I see no way out.All I see is deeper debt, deeper failure.I would love for You to guide me out of this.I am asking to be rescued.I am asking to see results.If...

Also labeled: Prosperity Prayer, Prayer for Prosperity, Prayer for Depression, Money, Abigail Wurdeman, Debt

Kill 'em with Kindness

Kill 'em with Kindness The next time some crazy driver cuts me off in traffic,help me to lay off the horn.The next time my boss requires me to come in on my day off,help me to remember it's money in my pocket and avoid the urge to spit in the coffee. The next time my mother tells me I look tired,help remind me...

Also labeled: Negative People, Prayer for Anger, Anger Management, Prayer Request, Various Author, Self Control, Request Prayer, Humor

High Horse

High Horse My son told me todayhe's not sure he believes in You.The jury is still out on that one, he said.At eleven, he's figured it outand knows all the answers.Please help me hold my tongueso he can make his own way in the world.Help me to accept everyonein my life, including my own child,just as they are.

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Children, Family Relationships

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks Every year at this time, the family comes together,traveling from afar to the old homestead.Help me plan and prepare the feast for my family.Allow us to eat our fill of these homemade delicacies and enjoy each other's company.Even with all these perfect pieces,the puzzle is incomplete without prayer.Bless us with a spirit of gratitude as we commemorate Your...

Also labeled: Ruth Williams, Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks, Meal Prayer

Your Presence Requested

Your Presence Requested I know You're there,but where?Worries are poking at me,sharp-clawed:my job, my family, my life.I can't feel You today,and I am afraid.Where are You?

Also labeled: Prayer for Guidance, Lori Strawn, Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Spiritual Connection, Faith, Worship, Religious Symbols

Difficult Job

Difficult Job I will not expecta pat on my backfor doing a good job.I will go beyondwhat people are expecting.Every step I takeis an opportunity.When others doubt me,my faith will be my victory.

Also labeled: Prayer for Work, Career, Brenda Scott, Stress, Simple Prayer, Prayer for Doubt

Small Wonders

Small Wonders I praise You for the tiny gloriesI am often too busy to see:the irregular scallop of a maple leaf,the impossible yellow of a dandelion, the perfection of untrammeled snow. For the scrap of sunlight the cat findsin the darkened hallway,I thank You.

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Meditation Prayer, Prayer of Appreciation, Prayer for Nature, Spiritual Connection, Faith

Pledge for the Soul

Pledge for the Soul Today as I clean my home,help me to truly value the worth of my actions.Help me to rise abovethe tedious nature of household tasks,content in the knowledgethat my hands are involved in sacred work.As I scrub and vacuum,let me imagine that I am also keeping my spirit clean and shining.Help me to...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer for the Home, Chores, Laundry, Various Author

Worship

Worship I need YouI weep for YouI reach out for YouI feel YouI think of YouI worship YouGuide me to bea better person today than yesterdayLet the joy of worshipmanifest in meand others will know your comfortunderstandingforgivenessand love.  

Also labeled: Brenda Scott, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Reflection, Spirituality Prayer, Meditation Prayer

Spirit Mechanics

Spirit Mechanics Thank You for the miracle of movement.Thank You for the ease with which I directmy body wherever I want to go.Should I ever lose this capacity,let me not be discouraged,let me not lose hope.Help me to realize,that by Your infinite grace,I can never be truly confined.

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks, Prayer for Aging, Various Author, Vitality

Fear

Fear I believe love conquers all,but today I am full of fear and anxiety.I feel like the most overlookedwoman in the world.Help me to know Your courageous love.Remove this fear from me,so that I may accomplish Your will.Live in me, speak to me, rescue me.Today, won't you deliver me with love?

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer Request, Brenda Scott, Prayer for Help, Overcoming Fear

Prosperous Soul

Prosperous Soul Remind me,when my transmission diesand the numbers in my checking accountturn red,that I am blessed—that this phase of my lifeis nothing short of a miracle.Without financial disaster,I may not discover my own creative potential.I may not learn to simplify.I may not see the love that surrounds me,the open hearts...

Also labeled: Prayer for Work, Prayer for Depression, Money, Abigail Wurdeman, Win Money, Prosperity Prayer, Prayer for Prosperity, Career, Debt

Erasure

Erasure It feels like this one more interviewmight just be it.I declare an opportunity to come in my life.Right Now!I am not too old, I am not too young.I will learn new skills becauseI want this job! Erase old thoughts of "not...

Also labeled: Brenda Scott, Unemployment News, Prayer for Work, Prayer for Prosperity, Prosperity Prayer, Employment, Prayer for Employment, Interview

Family Complete

Family Complete I have already lost a baby.  I have already lost holidays with a little one.  I have lost peanut butter fingerprints in the kitchenand unidentifiable globs

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer for Family, Faith, Stress, Abigail Wurdeman, Fear, Loss of a Child, Mourning, Birth, Rebirth

Monday Rebirth

Monday Rebirth Today I am born to a new week.I thank You for the view from Monday,for the wide, unworn week stretching out before me,for all the possibilitysimmering beneath the surfacesff appointments and deadlines.Thank You for standing beside me today,stepping with me into another new beginningand filling me...

Also labeled: Daily Prayer, Prayer of Appreciation, Starting the Day Prayer, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekday

Standing Tall

Standing Tall The moment is still.  The news is frightful. I watch her rise and exit the room.Behind her a prediction of failure, of sickness, a future far from easy.I want to glance awayand forget her face. But no—steel my stare. Help me look even closerand remember only this:

Also labeled: Healing Prayer, Prayer for Healing, Prayer for Important Decisions, Help, Bad News

Radiant Morning!

Radiant Morning! What a wild burst of energy today!I woke this morning to Your beautiful sunlight,to Your blue skies, and a world of possibility!I am motivated.  I am ready.  I am Yours.

Also labeled: Daily Prayer, Starting the Day Prayer, Motivation, Abigail Wurdeman

Weighty Request

Weighty Request The needle sticks at a number too high for my liking. I just can’t do this without You. Please, help me today to avoid temptation. Help me to eat mindfully, to approach activity with enthusiasm, to...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Request Prayer, Overwhelmed, Self-Growth, Prayer for Food, Weight Loss, Losing Weight

Courage to Reach Out

Courage to Reach Out "Help those in need,"You tell me,but I hesitate. Will she welcome my helpor think I'm interfering?Because she has so little,will it look like I'mflaunting all I have,rubbing her face in my success?What if I do or say the wrong thing?Worries fill my minduntil...

Also labeled: The Golden Rule, Sue Bradford Edwards, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Volunteering Prayer, Prayer for Volunteering

Miracles of Routine

Miracles of Routine I wake.I am blessed to meet the new day.I stretch and snuggle,I am blessed with arms, legs and body at my command.I open my eyes, I am blessed with vision. I listen to the sounds and silence around me,I am...

Also labeled: Various Author, Praise, Opening Prayer, Meditation Prayer, Starting the Day Prayer

Soothe and Comfort

Soothe and Comfort They've had a big fight.I want to join in, shouting out loud.How dare she accuse him,condemn him,not love him as much as I do?Help me hear without judgement.Help me weave together an understandingthat I could not find on my own.Help me draw peace from Your presence.Help me listen, soothe, and comfort...

Also labeled: Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Fighting, Prayer for Patience

Tearing Down the Anger

Tearing Down the Anger I did it again. I yelled.After I promised You I would learn control,my anger took hold, escaped.I made them cry.Me who loves them more than life itself.How could I do that?You need to help me here or I will undo the few things I have done right.Please guide me to be a personwho speaks...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer for Anger, Heidi Haller, Anger Management, Prayer for Guidance

Whole

Whole Though I stomp and whine and moanfor my own idea of completion,I see that You have already made me whole.And so I praise youfor the body that sustains meand the spirit that fills me,for the friends that support meand the family that guides me,for the work that challenges meand the play that thrills me,

Also labeled: Send a Prayer, Abigail Wurdeman, Prayer for Thanks, Growing Up, Vitality, Purpose Driven Life, Life Lesson, Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Family, Prayer for Friendship, Girlfriends, Prayer for Work

Prism

Prism Refractions of light from a prism:a heterogeneous, multi-faceted rainbow,splitting the spectrum.Transparency separating the lightinto its component elements.It's not the brightest, fastest, or keenest raythat makes the enchantment happen,but it strikes the right place at the right time.Help me be a prism to my companions;to help them discern what is...

Also labeled: Inspirational Prayer, Time to Pray, Call to Prayer, Tanja Cilia, Prayer for Helping Others, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer for Reflection

Long Way Home

Long Way Home I heard the call many moons ago,but turned away to 'find myself.'Thank You for going to all this trouble,to sculpt me in skin and sinew,to wait patiently as I came back into the foldYou took me the long way home,so I could reach my own conclusions.Let me be all I can,and thank You with my life.Please, today and every day,be in...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Faith

Plea for Hope

Plea for Hope He stares unseeing into the distance.He is so young; his life full of possibilities— but he can’t feel it. I fear I will say the wrong thing and push himbeyond all hope, beyond all help.Please help me rea...

Also labeled: Prayer for Children, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Help, God Help Me, Prayer for Child, Request Prayer

Praise Song

Praise Song Praise to YouWho whispers to usin a spring breeze,in the sigh of leaves overhead,in the chuckle of a running stream.Praise to YouWho cries out to usin the roar of waves endless,ever present,all encompassing,making You known.Praise to YouWho calls to usin the pop and creak of ice,in the thump of snow...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer of Appreciation, Prayer for Nature, Praise

A Stripe and a Star

A Stripe and a Star I am a stripe, I am a star, I am red, white and blue. Although we have never met, I will always pray for you. I wouldn’t know your name

Also labeled: Soldier Prayer, Prayer for a Soldier, Heidi Haller, Patriotism, America

Career Girl

Career Girl Everybody who works heretells a story with their clothes.Some have on suits; I’m wearing a uniform.Make me proud of myself and what I doas I go to work each day.Let the people I work withknow that I’m here to do a job,and I mean business.

Also labeled: Prayer for Depression, Ruth Williams, Career, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Employment, Employment, Prayer for Inspiration

Committed to Each Other

Committed to Each Other As they commit themselvesto each other's hearts, hands and lives, I thank You.For helping them find each other—friends and lovers,supporters and confidants.   Thank You for letting me share in their joy-to bask in the loveof two such special...

Also labeled: Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Love, Wedding Prayer, Prayer for Unity

Off the Shelf

Off the Shelf My faith is too delicateto even speak some days.It is a flower, a vase, a glassthat I fear doubt can break.But I shall not leave iton a shelf collecting dust. I shall not place it out of reach—something I see, but never use. So f...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Praise, Faith, Motivation, Various Author

A Difficult Boss

A Difficult Boss What can I do?Too much is expected of me.Good is never good enough.I cry on the way to work,makeup ruined before I get there.My boss rages, unjustified.When I speak softly,Iím told to be less timid.When I speak up,I'm told I'm too aggressive.

Also labeled: Prayer for Guidance, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer for Work, Promotion, Career, Employment, Stress, Direction, Heidi Haller, Dealing with Difficult People

I've Missed You

I've Missed You Years ago, when I first fell in love with You,nothing could silence our connection.The warm assurances we shared were non-stop.You were Everything. Everywhere. Always. Until...Explosive heart-break. Unfair loss. Pain.It was so scalding hot,not even You could console me.I see now that's onlybecause You are gentle and patient.

Also labeled: Erika Harris, God Talk, Thanksgiving Prayer, Speak of God, Optimism

Forgive, Forget, Move On

Forgive, Forget, Move On How can I ever forget?You tell me forgiving begets forgetting.Easier said than done.I nurse my hurts and keep them close,like treasured souvenirs.Pry open my fists and force them loose.It is time to move on,even though I'm afraid of the road ahead,what it looks likewithout the distraction of old...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Friendship, Forgiveness

Wrapping Up Friday

Wrapping Up Friday This week has been a gift;today I tie the ribbon—wrapping up work, looking forward to rest.Thank You for the thousand waysYou have lent a hand to me.Through every meeting and every interaction,through every dirty face and unwashed dish,You have been my guide.Help me end this week as I...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Daily Prayer, Prayer of Gratitude

Friend Indeed

Friend Indeed I’m supposed to be good with words, but my friend is so sick.She needs me to cheer her up, to crack wise in my funny accent.I don’t know what tomorrow will bring.What I do know is Who will bring tomorrow.All I can tell her is that there is always hope.Speak through me as I comfort and encourage her,a...

Also labeled: Prayer for Healing, Ruth Williams, Spiritual Healing, Help, Prayer for Friendship, Healing Prayer

Unfolding

Unfolding I belong to You.I know this best when I am here,sharing this space and timewith only You. I unfold here,bringing each part of myself forward againto be seen by Your familiar eyesand to be held in Your focused affection. Please unfold for me, too.Let me meet You the way You meet me--with exclusive attention,with...

Also labeled: Meditation Prayer, Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Unity, Abigail Wurdeman, Relax, Spiritual Healing

Brick by Brick

Brick by Brick Help me be the wise woman,the woman who builds her homebrick by brick, memory by memory.Help me to realize when I am tearing downthese carefully constructed wallswith harsh words or harmful habits.With Your help,I can love myself as You love me.With Your help,I can look at my mistakes

Also labeled: Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer Request, Request Prayer, Optimism, Trust, Worship, Overcoming Fear

Saturday Energy Rush

Saturday Energy Rush Today is a day for living!I step into sunlight, blinking,unused to bona fide illumination.What wonders You have laid before me!Let us drink them in together. Saturday is a shot of Vitamin C.I thank You for its energy, its pulse;

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Meditation Prayer, Daily Prayer, Prayer for Nature, Spiritual Connection

M-Word

M-Word I have been afraid of money . . .afraid that understanding finances would make me cold,that preferring security makes me faithless,that wishing for prosperity makes me greedy.Please clear my heart of fear,so that You can finally provide for meby teaching me to provide for myself. Grant me the courage to put a price on my...

Also labeled: Prosperity Prayer, Prayer for Prosperity, Prayer for Help, Money, Abigail Wurdeman

From the Inside to the Outside

From the Inside to the Outside Let me know Your will,Your hearts desire, and my own.Train me; prune me in the faith life,that I may bear fruit pleasing to You.Inside, show me how to love unconditionally,free to express Your wordsof comfort and tolerance.Let compassion overflow...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Faith, Worship, Heidi Haller, Express Yourself, Multi-faith

Totality

Totality Let me love Youwith everything.Let my intellect adore You,my body understand You,my heart envelop You.Teach me to open entirely,that I may learn to reach for Youwith more than my words,for I am madeof more than words myself,and I am madeto commune with You.   ...

Also labeled: Speak of God, Opening Up, Abigail Wurdeman, Spiritual Connection, Spirituality Prayer, Balance, Prayer for Spirituality

Overheated Musings

Overheated Musings Dog days, summer's end.This month's revelationscome quietly,sweat-soaked.Thank you for endings,for they make beginnings sweeter.Life cannot always be sunny weather;we must bear our winters, too.Help me to appreciatethe seasons as they happen.Let me stay warmwhen cold winds blow.August will...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Request Prayer, Prayer for Reflection, Prayer of Appreciation, Seasonal Prayer

Becoming

Becoming Thoughts become attitudes,attitudes become decisions.Decisions become actions,actions become habits.Habits form character,character shapes our destiny.Help me to deal with my thoughts properly.Then You will fill my life

Also labeled: Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Brenda Scott, Optimism, Self-Growth

Namaste

Namaste

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Aging, Various Author, Prayer of Appreciation, Starting the Day Prayer

Known

Known There is no part of meYou cannot see.You know my guilt, joy,my fear and my hope.Your knowledge of my secretsfrees me from the weight of them.Your knowledge of my soulbrings me closer to You.You know me completely,and still You love me completely.  

Also labeled: Prayer for Spirituality, Faith, Abigail Wurdeman, God Talk, Spirituality Prayer, Speak of God

Understanding 101

Understanding 101 Lost amongst my acres of knowledgeand mounds of booksI'm a mere academic,Trying to make sense of life and love. I own a mellifluous mountainof meandering meaningless wordsand I mouth them when the moment arises. I cannot tell the difference betweenpatois, idiolect, jargon, dialect,idiom, argot,...

Also labeled: Tanja Cilia, Inspirational Prayer, Standing Up for Yourself, Confidence, Express Yourself, Understanding

Your Ideal

Your Ideal Today I am stressed.Stressed to the pointof losing my way in life.It feels easier to sort out waysto be in my addictionthan to be stuckwithin my head today.Stuck in my headfeeling powerlessover what is happeningin my world.

Also labeled: Stress, Prayer for a Busy Life, Various Author, Balance, Help, Prayer for Inspiration, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Depression, Addiction

Never Alone

Never Alone You are near when breathing starts to quicken,when eyes are open, but not seeing of this earth,when coolness envelopes the skin,when family and friends (from here and beyond)are beckoned to the bedside.You are near when tears flow, and it's time to say good bye.When smiles...

Also labeled: Prayer for Loss, Memorial Prayer, Mourning, Prayer for Death, Karen Laven

Unparalleled Gift of Community

Unparalleled Gift of Community The friends You have given mebring explosive joy.They bring laughter and hope.They hold and support methrough trials and uncertainty.They give me a sense of purposeby allowing me the opportunityto be an encouragement to them.Through my...

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Friendship, Family Relationships, Abigail Wurdeman

Root of Love

Root of Love What a remarkable gift You've designed!Today, let those sharing Your love open their lives for one another.With bold and unbending love,each lets the other in,standing side by side in vulnerability and in strength,in suffering and in joy,in past, future, and...

Also labeled: Wedding Prayer, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Love, Abigail Wurdeman

All in One

All in One When I’m weak, You are my strength.When I’m afraid, You are here.When I’m sad, You are my joy.When I’m in despair, You are my hope.When I’m alone, Your presence stays.When I stumble, You catch me.When I don’t understand, You are my Teacher.When others hurt, You are my Healer.

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks, Various Author, Faith, Purpose Driven Life, Inner Peace, Prayer for Strength

Day of Endless Failures

Day of Endless Failures I feel as if I have not doneone single thing right today.This day has been one failureafter another:failures at workfailures at homefailures with friends.

Also labeled: Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Prayer for Depression, Abigail Wurdeman, Faith, Stress, Bad Day

Self-Acceptance

Self-Acceptance I achieved Rubenesque status by eating reubens,living life fully, indulging to the hilt.  Fondly, I remember fondue.The bakery, sacred to me.I approach pie with what one can only regard as piety.Thank You for this ample frame, which allowed me...

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Self-Growth, Prayer of Appreciation

Trust the Connections

Trust the Connections When and whereI will connect with Youisn't something I can predict,yet I judge when and whereothers will make these connections. Only with Youcan I lead without pushing,wait without impatienceand give others the spaceto find You.

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Spiritual Connection, Prayer for Friendship

Ah, Young Love

Ah, Young Love "I was young once, too,"I tell her.But she stares at me,as if I sprang, fully-formedand middle-aged, from the head of Zeus.How can I possibly understandtrue love?So I turn to You who taught methe meaning of the word.

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer for Children, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Love, Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity

Words Do Hurt

Words Do Hurt If only I could take them back!But the words flew out of my thoughtless mouthlike a bullet out of a gun.I watched it pierce,the pain welling up in my friend's eyes.I felt it ricochet through me, too,gutting me to the heart.There seems no end to the waysthat words can harm.I, alone, cannot fix this.

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Healing Prayer, Prayer for Healing, Prayer for Friendship, Forgiveness

What Happened?

What Happened? I was asked for a favor.I loaned the money:to pay bills, to pay rent,to buy food for the children.She promised to pay me back.Next week turns into next year.The phone calls stop.Our short conversationsof friendship are gone.A need fulfilledturns into friendships end.What happened?

Also labeled: Money, Prayer for Friendship, Prayer for Prosperity, Getting Ripped Off, Prosperity Prayer

Listening for You

Listening for You Time and time again,I bring my concerns and worries to You,but when I try to hear Your voice,something always gets in the way. The phone rings.The oven timer goes off.Someone calls my name. Please help me find a time,a place, a way to hearwhat it is You need to tell...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Reflection, Meditation Prayer, Prayer for Busy Women

What I Can Give

What I Can Give A million eyes follow me-tired eyes, hopeless eyes,searching for answers,for restoration, for miracles.But I am not a miracle worker.I am a Doctor, exhausted by long shiftsand limited energy.

Also labeled: Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Prayer for Work, Prayer for Doctor, Prayer for Nurse, Prayer for Caretaker, Stress, Abigail Wurdeman

Falling

Falling Autumn isfalling leavesare fallingthings arefalling into placeagain.Gone is summer'ssiren call;Fall is abouta return to purpose.Here is mine:To serve Youwell and always,in every wayand weather.

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Nature, Seasonal Prayer, Spirituality Prayer, Autumn

Restoration

Restoration My body seems to have turned on me.My head is fluid.My stomach has flipped upside downand I've got a wretched caseof the shivering sweats.I am losing time to my sickness.My body is an enemy.Stay here with me, won't You? Lay a cool hand on my foreheadand soothe my...

Also labeled: Healing Prayer, Prayer for Healing, Prayer for Cancer, Prayer for Pain, Prayer for Depression, Prayer for Good Health, Abigail Wurdeman, Sick

The Diagnosis

The Diagnosis She called today.There was something in her voice I never heard before.She had been to the doctor."A biopsy is needed, just to be sure," they said.I offered to drive; she can't be alone.I'll hold her hand and chatter away.A mind occupied cannot think.When her name is called, I'll hug her.She...

Also labeled: Healing Prayer, Prayer for Healing, Prayer for Advice, Prayer for Anger, Prayer for Cancer, Prayer for Pain, Prayer for Depression, Cancer Diagnosis, Heidi Haller

Women of All Faiths

Women of All Faiths We gather together, women of all faiths.We bring to you our thanks and our worries,our joy and our heartbreak. You are much greater than we can ever be.Please share with us the peace and...

Also labeled: Peace Prayer, Prayer for Peace, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Unity

Politics as Usual

Politics as Usual Everyone is angry these days.Even tea parties are no longer genteel.I can't stand the shouting.so I turn to You for answers.From all I know of You,You are about love.It is time for You to step in.Please let love reanimate the body politic.Teach Your children to usetheir "indoor" voices to reason, not accuse.Tutor...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Peace Prayer, Prayer for Peace, World Leaders, Politicians, Prayer for World Peace

Temple Ruins

Temple Ruins Into everyone's life must comethat one fateful day.My day was that morning,I woke up listing leftlike a ship without a rudder.My head found the wall,I didn't realize I was leaning.Even its name is a mystery: multiple sclerosis.This is where my faith found traction.You are there at every turneven when I can't...

Also labeled: Healing Prayer, Prayer for Healing, Multiple Sclerosis, Prayer for Pain

Day In and Day Out

Day In and Day Out Today has been kind of low key,nothing much going on.Still I see Your work all around me.In the intricaciesof tendon and muscle and nervethat enable my hands to work.In the complexityof sun and waterthat supports lifeon this complicated planet.You are truly in all.

Also labeled: Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Nature, Blessed, Thanksgiving Prayer, Praise

Office of Empathy

Office of Empathy Years ago, I would never have felt this way.Thank You for the darkest days.It infused me with an understandingI wouldn’t otherwise have.

Also labeled: Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Prayer for Work, Career, Employment

Doubt

Doubt Be with me.Not just in cloisters,clouds and the parted sea.Walk with me.Reassure me that theroad is only unfamiliarthe first time I’m on it.Speak to me concretely.Take me past the metaphorsand middle menand tell me why I doubt.Reach out Your handto lift me back upwith Your graceand complete m...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer for Depression

Showing Up for Life

Showing Up for Life All I want to do today is eat and drinkand lie numb on the sofa.I do not want to think about my obstacles. Today it feels easier and safer to give in to my addiction.Please provide me with the courage to fight my disease.Give me the strength to show up for my life. I have faith in Your presence and knowin...

Also labeled: Prayer for Depression, Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Overwhelmed, Prayer for Help, Various Author, Loneliness

Au Fait

Au Fait You know every sole that has ever left a footprint in the sand.You know every child who has ever flown home from collegeto spend a holiday with their family.You know every Scout leader that has hiked a forest trail.

Also labeled: Meditation Prayer, Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Nature

Unraveling

Unraveling Her marriage is breaking upand I want to help. Yet I wilt when I think how soon the phone will ring again,pouring her sorrow over my soul.I cannot give the answershe wants the most.I don't know if she will keep him. I don't know if she should keep him. Show me the path that will bring her peace. Please help me find the wordsthat reflect...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Friendship, Prayer for Divorce

Gifted

Gifted Others praise You with voices raised in song.Still others paint awe-inspiringcanvases or raise buildings into the sky.Let me praise You with the talentsYou have given me.I can reach out a handto steady my elderly neighbor,or raise my heart in prayerfor a sorrowing friend.I can stir a pot bubbling on the stoveas I wait for my hungry...

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Volunteering, Prayer for Helping Others, Prayer for Charity

Through Your Eyes

Through Your Eyes Today, tomorrow, and always,may I be allowed to see everyoneI come in contact with,through Your eyes. When they speak out in anger,let me see the hurtthat consumes them;the anguish that shields their tears.Let me be the reassuring...

Also labeled: Peace Prayer, Prayer for Peace, Prayer for Anger, Heidi Haller, Dealing with Difficult People, Negative People

Next Opportunity

Next Opportunity Discouragement covers melike piles of papers on this desk.The light in my job is gone.I dream often of leavingthe struggles of dreary daysand finding a new start.But I know too well:I’m too practical to quit,too lazy to leave,too ashamed to walk away,again.

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer for Work, Overwhelmed, Promotion, Career, Various Author

Scared

Scared I look to You when I am scared.I am scared now.I ask for Your peace to cradle my soulto enfold me within Your warmth,understanding and grace.I ask for Your strength to filterwithin me and to help me spread courageamong those who are also frightened.Answer me and provide me withYour loving and safe...

Also labeled: Karen Laven, Stress, Prayer for Strength, Bad Day, Simple Prayer

Bless This Mess

Bless This Mess If cleanliness is next to godliness,this house is in another zip code.Divine presence, please bless our dirty home,for it has been lived in and loved in.Thank you for every messy inch of it. For the dust lining the...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Reflection, Prayer for a Busy Life, Prayer for the Home, Chores, Laundry, Stress, Clean House

Going Green

Going Green Yesterday it occurred to me,as I washed the same clothes,emptied the same dishwasher,and scrubbed the same kitchen sink, again:I am Your poster child for “going green”Because You recycle me!Cost saving and efficient, You help the earth by the energy I generate,by doing tasks in rep...

Also labeled: Recycling, Heidi Haller, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Going Green

Longing to Love

Longing to Love I am so tired of eating alone, of sleeping alone, of waking up to no one but myself.I date, but it never leads to anything long term.For so long, I’ve been looking for my type, my ideal man.Help me keep my eyes and my heart opento the possibilities You place b...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Love

Mother's Love

Mother's Love I am not a babe, child, or teenand yet the sweet, sweet softnessand love of my motheroverwhelms me at times.She is gone from this tired earth,but never from my presence.I often feel her around,in the flutter of a butterflythat lands on my arm;tickling my tresses on a windless day;

Also labeled: Karen Laven, Prayer for Mother, Memorial Prayer, Prayer for Loss

Segues

Segues Impossible, he called me.In fact, I said,I am quite possible.Just not very likely.I told him, you disagree with everything I say.No I don't, he said.My husband and I never argued.That would have beentoo much like communication.I found out the road to hell is paved...

Also labeled: Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Divorce

Everyday Miracles

Everyday Miracles There are things I don't understand, but I count on them.Electricity.  A compass.  Faith.Things that light my way and take me where I need to be.Gravity.  Common sense.You. Things I count on to

Also labeled: Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Nature, Prayer of Appreciation, Praise

Faith vs. Reason

Faith vs. Reason I'm here,You're there,and yet, we're together. I've been around the block, around the world.Somehow, You're everywhere I go. Make me mindful that life is not all or nothing.Embolden me as I fail forwardknowing that the only mistake would be not to try.

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Self-Growth, Faith

Personal Peace

Personal Peace I praise You for:My purpose,My passion,My partner,My people,My personal peace,Your perfection experienced.For purpose gives direction.Passion unleashes my gifts.My partner, life meaning,My people, a heritage,My personal peace isYour grace...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Praise

Stuck in My Head

Stuck in My Head

Also labeled: Prayer for Helping Others, Sue Bradford Edwards, Request Prayer, Words of Wisdom

Reflections

Reflections I look in the mirror and see a jumble of flaws.Please, help me see myself as You see me:Perfect. Whole. Capable.Help me to view my defects as potential,my awkwardness as a different beauty.Prevent me from self-harm,and from habits that bring me shame.Help me to accept myself as I am,just as You do,with limitless kindness and forgiveness.

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Simple Prayer, Prayer for Depression, Self Esteem, Low Expectations

Frustrated Girlfriend

Frustrated Girlfriend Please help me to not kill my boyfriend.When he leaves the toilet seat up,keep my voice from becoming shrill.When he responds to my conversation in cave man speak,keep my hand from hitting the back of his head.When he smells like a locker room,keep my requests for hygiene civil.When he gives me a gift that's really for him,keep my...

Also labeled: Lorelei Schmitt, Girlfriend, Request Prayer, Prayer for Advice, Love and Respect, Prayer Request, Find True Love, Prayer for Love, Humor