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Prayer for Spirituality
Divine Moments
Divine Moments I feel You within me like never before.My trust in You has paid off.This is contentment.Splendid, astounding, worth every prayer,every heartache, sublime serenity.A solid finite companion, not by my side,
Saving Grace
Saving Grace Now that I’ve been the recipient of grace,please give me a gracious spirit.Remind me that I’m not omniscientand can’t know what life is like for anyone else.Put me on notice that I’m not a judge on a tribunalticking off each little sin and magnifying it.
Blessed Day
Blessed Day The sun’s broken lightthrough dusty painted cloudsmoves me from instinct to prayer.I bathe in the cuff of morning praise,like a butterfly plotting its path of nectarin the summer mist.The windblown chimesecho the song of Your river.I listen for the thread of heart-string,instead hear a symphony of...
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...
Daughter of the Woods
Daughter of the Woods I go to the woods, for You are there.You, fully in attendancein every leaf and bough,replenish my soulwith the sigh of the wind. I come here to be with You,where You dwell most presently,to spin out the content of my heart,and be regaledwith green-black silencesand the living canopyof nature's...
Sacred Friend
Sacred Friend I feel the nudge from You on high, a faintest tickle reminding me of what is the right thing to do. I hear Your voice, whispering kind words for me to say to those who need to hear. I see Your...
Raising the Bar
Raising the Bar Today is the day of absolute abandon.Blessings beyond belief.New perspectives. Ancient traditions.Friends I haven't met yet.Listening deeply. Feeling fully.This is the day I say yes to everything.Life, love, risk, being in the moment.Surround me with the sound of church bells,voices chanting, and children...
Machinery
Machinery
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
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.
Convergence
Convergence He and I are from unlikely worlds.We pray to You, but with different words. Tell me, how different can we really beif our gazes fall on the one same You?From here, we lift our hopes and fearsand look to Your light only for strength. In You, we know each other more. In You, we find our future...
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. ...
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...
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...
Simple Sign
Simple Sign Tonight, I am fullof uncertainties:rushing water, rocks and loosened stones. Above me, stars reach connecting pieces of my scattered life, forming constellations of doubt. But when all is quiet, I hear the creek pulsing outside my window.
Locked Up
Locked Up First, a call.He didn't show up for work.A nagging worry as the search began.No results: He's nowhere to be found.Incarcerated.My son, no longer free.Caught in his own reckless stupidity.Yet not only he suffers:I'm in pain, for him, for me,for all of us who love him.Help me to bear the weight of worry.Bring a...
Rubber Meets Road
Rubber Meets Road Every day without fail,I tell my son: Always do the right thing.If you give your word, keep it.Sometimes he rolls his eyes,but I know it sinks in eventually.I look back at the fading forensics of those timesYou tried to reach me too.Rolling my eyes toward the heavens, I tuned You out.
You Are There
You Are There I pausewashing the dishes,answering email,picking up the mess of an average day.I wish I could feel Youhere with me. Help me to realize thatYou are thereeven when I cannot sense You,that You are the constant in my life. Where I am today,there You are.Where I am tomorrow,You will be –
Encounters
Encounters I ask Your blessing upon all who enter my life today. May they feel Your love as they interact with me, hear Your love when I speakand leave my presence knowing they have been touched by Your love. Guide me to see, feel, and love the way You...
Question
Question Why does everything happen to me?What do I do - when I don't know what to do?How much more can I take?What do I do - when I don't know what to do?When will it end?What do I do - when I don't know what to do?I give it to You, to intercede for my good.I love You! I worship You! I adore You!I do all this - I...
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.
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...
Measure of Success
Measure of Success Help me to recalibrateso that I don't live byeveryone else's rules:It's impossible to achieve success later in life.You're a woman in a man's world.Change is something to be feared.Help me to regroup so that those who populate my worldare kindred spirits with the best intentions.
Urban Dweller
Urban Dweller Among skyscrapers and city streets,You are here.I sense You in sun hot pavement,glinting glass and rumbling buses.When I take the train,I see You in the faces of Your children–Young and old, men and women, from all lands. You are here.
Thy Will
Thy Will Not my will, but Thy will.I try to hold thisin my mind and my heartas I hold my worries up to You.Thy will may not mean a quick fixor the easy way out.It may take weeksto come together.But it is Your way,The Way,even when I cannot spy itthrough my nearsighted takeon the world;the world You lovingly holdin Your...
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...
Providence
Providence Call it kismet or divine intervention—I am where I need to be.Let me never forgetthat I did not wander hereunplanned by chance.You led me to this place.I am on stage awaiting my cue.What can I do for You here?With whom can I connect?Let me do Your work and will,and we shall move togetherto the next destination.Only You know my destiny,
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...
Namaste
Namaste
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?
Our Connection
Our Connection I grew up with prayeras a quiet quick few seconds before bed,but that's no longer enough.Adoration,praise,supplication,and pleas for intervention.They may not have been part of my past,but maybe they will be part of our future,Your's and mine, together.
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...
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...
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.
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.
What's in it for Me?
What's in it for Me? This whole experienceI'm growing through,Your message I've received!I must give more to thoseI care for and love.As a parent, guide me to be more reassuring—praising, giving hugs and kisses,every day saying, "I love you."
Faith
Faith The other day I had a thought.The kind that weaves itselfinto your mind and takes hold.I realized that I amconstantly in fear.Afraid that I won't be able tomeet the needs of those I love,afraid that I'm not here for me.
Knowing I am Home
Knowing I am Home This place is not quite home, but soon enough it will be. And it all begins with You.Come inside. Live with me here. Surround me in these walls. Guard me with this roof. Support me with these floorboards. Be in the food that I eat....
Fleeting Solitude
Fleeting Solitude I will let the land lie fallow.I will not need to bethe center of attention all the time.I will let others shine when it is their turn,with not attempt to steal their limelight.I shall rest while amidst the busynessand clear the calendar, not because I must,but because I want to.I'll give myself time to think.Time to nurture my soul, and...
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...
Finding Home
Finding Home I wish for a housewith many roomsto hold all my prayersfor you, my friend.Happiness will sleepin the still places:in cups of tea, picture framesand the smell of hopethat wraps around walls.
Light in the Depths
Light in the Depths Down herewhere only the lantern-fish swim,too deep for sun to penetrate,I see a glint. It is You, reaching for methrough the churning seas,a hand to pull me back to the surfaceand into the light. I had made myself a home here,among the shipwrecks,thinking I'd never return to the shore.But You saved me,
Rendering
Rendering I come to pray, but sit in silence. I am listening for You to talk to me.You whisper:Come, let go your heavy burdens.Raise up your weary arms,all the light and yearning they hold.Into my hands, rest your hunger and hurt.Believe all you seek is not beyond hope.Trust it is not outside your being.
Music Within
Music Within I want my life to ring,to surge like a cello,deep and movinggraceful and resonant—the sound of Your voicewhen you speak to me.I hear little songsin my mindof Your promises.They carry methrough each day,and I dance.
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...
Next Generation
Next Generation Raise the little girls.Be the first to teach them beauty,that they may honorthe light in themselvesover the faces in magazines.Be the first to teach them affection,that they may seek companionshipwithout settling for attention. Be the first to...
Breaking it Down
Breaking it Down Funny thing is:I know more than the "experts."Amazing thing is:I've got miracles happening as we speak.Odd thing is:faith is my version of oxygen.You could say imaginary thingshold the world togetherand separate it at the same time,like the equator or the lines on the highway.Call my beliefs...
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.
Ritual
Ritual I clear the space that surrounds us.I set aside the clutter of my dayso the chaos does not obstruct my view of You. I clear myself.I breathe out the weight of my egoso my heart is opened to you. I open my eyes.I find you at my side,waiting for my frantic mindto settle finally on You.
Awake
Awake I can't sleep at night;I can't bear feeling alone.I don't know what I should do;I feel so uneasy.I have within mea hunger to know You.To know You in my mind,my heart, my spirit, and my life.I will find the way to worship You andgo to the depth of my soul, fully satisfied.
Your Name
Your Name May I honor Your Name alwaysas a blessing on my lips. Your Name is not a weapon.It is neither a catalyst for anger,nor is it proof of my righteousness. Your Name is the hand of kindness,the voice of hope,the source of all possible joy. May I only speak itin reverence and in love.
Transparency
Transparency I am not perfect.I want to be able to discoverthe needs and wants of others.I should not have feltthose things in my heartor said the wrong thing.I have demonstratedthat I am not transparentand I don't listen.I am not perfect. You created me to...
Pulse of the Generations
Pulse of the Generations We raise our faces to You.You who has sustainedcountless generations;with the steadiness of Your love,with the strength of Your wisdom.You are the blood that unites us.You are the pulse that revives us.You are where we begin,where we end,where we are. I...
Spinning Yarn
Spinning Yarn One ball of stringhas countless possibilities:lace, crochet, tatting,macramé, knitting, weaves.Or simple, just-for-fun-things:braiding, pom-pom chicks,string art snowflakes, rag-doll wigs.From to coils of rope,to finger-lace hair-braids,misanga mementos, yarn doll souvenirs,dream catcher keepsakes, friendship bracelets.Useful, functional, and...
It's Not You... It's Me
It's Not You... It's Me It's not that I don't believe in You.I just don't believe in me.You are all, and I am nothing,so how can I get from here to there?The span between is endless,and if I fall, an eternity of emptiness awaits.Today I start climbing.And I will never stop as long as You believeI can make it.
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre It gets better.Stay in between my synapsestap it out in Morse codeif need be.It gets better.Take me outside to lookat the birds flying in unisontaste the salty air by the boundless oceanfeel the sand between clenched toes. It gets better.
What Love Says
What Love Says Love says:You are the one who believesthat I will never find you. But I am searching, searching only for you. If only you’d realize that I reside in that placewhere you never seem to look. Love says:Listen, go inside...
A Different Road
A Different Road The road of change is not well-lit;it's the dark corner of the mall parking lot,way in the back, by the dumpsters.It is that blind turn on the highway,the one you take surface streets to avoid.The road to change hurts,alternately slippery, thorny and up-hill both ways,uncomfortable, brutal, mean.
Radical Trust
Radical Trust It usually forces itself upon me,because I'd never choose the discomfortthat comes with beingcompletely out of control.I feel utterly humbled bythe hardness of circumstance,and depleted of the ability to fix it.But I trust in Your certaintyand become consumed by calmness.Ultimate reassurance cradles me.Radical trust in You changes...
The Shoemaker
The Shoemaker You craft for us the most incredible pair of shoes,to help us walk through valleys,make our way along dark cavesor even the steepest of terrain.Our soles are made to withstandall the storms, fires and adversitythat gets placed in our path.One size does not fit all, for each is ...
Fireworks
Fireworks July is like a sparkler: bright, hot, and somewhat dangerous. Who can work, after all, in the languorous sun of a summer's day?
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.
Small World
Small World Every time I run into a friendI haven't seen in decades,she says, "small world."But in truth, it's really quite large.Big enough to accommodate small minds, shuttered hearts, and hurtful habits.Big enough for you, me,and even whole countries. Resurrect the faith we may have lost.Build us up againwhen we're...
Coming to You in Prayer
Coming to You in Prayer Help me lift my mind and heart to You.Let me come in reverencefor You are greaterthan anything else can be.Let me raise my voice in thanksfor You have given me so much.Let me hold up my brothers and sisters,fellow humans in needof Your love, Your strength, and Your mercy.And last of all,let me...
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.
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces Everyone containsthe breadth of eternity inside them.Galaxies of possibility,dark matter, shooting stars.We think we have no sayas specks on the continuum of time,but we continue to do the right thing,even when no one is looking. Each instance we take on faith,new worlds form
