Prayer for Reflection

Tick-Tock

Tick-Tock Time is like air,it's a background to everything.It's always there, and like things always there,I can sometimes take it for granted,or not use it wisely. I yearn to spend my time like diamonds,creating premium moments;leveraging minutes for masterpieces,upgrading conversations into communion,allowing the...

Also labeled: Humble, Erika Harris, Meditation Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Serenity Prayer, Answered Prayers, Various Author

Not Perfect, But Not Broken

Not Perfect, But Not Broken For so long I’ve known something is wrong.No eye contact.No happy babbling.Now the doctor has put a name to my fear.My darling, beautiful child has autism.When I have cried myself out,help me see the gift you have given me—a child in Your...

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer for Children, Prayer for Autism

After the Dark

After the Dark At the end of the daymy eyes are tired.My sadness is heavy.The nights tightening quietgives me much time to worry.But following that silenceYou bring gifts of noise:morning rain, coffee percolators,school buses stopping on the corner.

Also labeled: Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity, Spiritual Connection, Various Author, Prayer

Learning Curve

Learning Curve We begin the month as fools;willing winter's end and spring's beginning.You bring our wish to bud in every leaf and blade,summoning new beauty out of dead roots,and make us wise again to eternal rebirth. This is my chance for rebirth, too.Spring has sprung and so should I:out...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer, Prayer for Nature, Seasonal Prayer

You, Me, and the Lamp Post

You, Me, and the Lamp Post Just between us—I've done things I wouldn't want to see in the headlines,so I won't be throwing a stone in your direction.Every dark alley,

Also labeled: Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer, Self-Growth

Sailing Forth on Tuesday

Sailing Forth on Tuesday Tuesday…at sea,yet not far from the harbor.I row forward, scenting progress,yet prone to doubt my own abilities.Dearest Companion,help me experience this daylike Balboa, first sighting the Pacific:wide-eyed, without cynicism,a vista of incredible opportunities,with e...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Daily Prayer, Prayer, Motivation

Muses

Muses As I sit musing, I wonder,where does inspiration comes from?Everything distracts me as I work at my desk:the indigo flame of sunset out my window,a sweet furball of a dog with the bark of Darth Vader asking for a belly rub,the joyboy padding...

Also labeled: Meditation Prayer, Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer, Motivation

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, Prayer of Appreciation, Seasonal Prayer

What Matters: Reflections of Hanukkah

As the Hanukkah season comes to a close, we take a fun look back the childhood memories of Fran Ely who grew up in a Jewish home. Her warm and witty personality makes for a lighthearted look at the traditions of Hanukkah, from its meaning to the food and games she enjoyed as a child.

Also labeled: Prayables Radio, Twana James, Holiday 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, Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Meditation Prayer, Prayer for Busy Women

Perfect Place to Be

Perfect Place to Be Family pictures line our shelves,pencil marks on the wall.They grew so fast,the years speeding by.Boxes stacked upon each other,bubble wrap and memories.Nothing left for me to donate;one last look before I go.

Also labeled: Simple Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Family, Prayer for the Home, Prayer for Shelter, Heidi Haller

Warm Welcome

Warm Welcome You can't know someoneby sizing them up at first glance.It takes effort to really connectwith another human being.So many things separate us,like color, age, and language.But all it takes is heart to come together.Help us to live what we say we believe,and keep the door open to...

Also labeled: Prayer for Friendship, Ruth Williams, Prayer for Peace, Prayer for World Peace, Peace Prayer

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: Prayer, Brenda Scott, Prayer for Spirituality, Spirituality Prayer, Meditation Prayer

What the Hummingbird Told Me

What the Hummingbird Told Me Just as a hummingbird can balance between the dying breezeand the uplifting beats of its wings,so too can You steady me amongstthe bleak feelings rising like dark bread inside me,and the bright thoughts of sunrisespilling over the lip of a new day.

Also labeled: Peace Prayer, Power of Prayer, Various Author, Faith, Prayer for Peace, Getting Along, Prayer for World Peace, Prayer

Me Time

Me Time

Also labeled: Meditation Prayer, Prayer Video, Sue Bradford Edwards, Prayer, Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Serenity

Open Soul Surgery

Open Soul Surgery You gave me theexpanse of eternityas my birthright,this space that I inhabittentatively andalways so circumspect.You created galaxies,rain forests and archipelagosto illustrate what is possible.Yet, sometimes all I seeis my small subdivisionof space and time.

Also labeled: Spirituality Prayer, Prayer for Spirituality, Prayer, Prayer for Nature, Spiritual Connection

Walking with You

Walking with You For now, I'm in the ante-room of life, waiting,perusing month-old magazines,fully expecting You to wave that flag when the race begins.Little do I know, it's already fully underway.Motivate me to see beyond the confines of faithand to move from waiting on You to walking with You.I ask that You...

Also labeled: Prayer for Thanks, Praying, Prayers for Blessings, Daily Prayer, Ruth Williams, Prayer

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

New Love

New Love Let me be a blessing to this man.I cannot know what the future holdsand the relationship is still so young.Whether I am with him for weeks or years, help me to love him well. Give me the personal strengthto...

Also labeled: Request Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Love, Abigail Wurdeman, Healthy Relationships, Love and Respect

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, Prayer for a Busy Life, Prayer for the Home, Chores, Laundry, Stress, Clean House