Trust

I Am Certain

I Am Certain Sitting in the doctor's office, twisting tissue,hoping now the news is good.Searching for my source of comfortthat only You can provide.Calling out, I sense Your closeness. You, who never leave my side,please let me feel brave, optimistic,and reassured that You have heard my prayer.The...

Also labeled: Healing Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Cancer, Cancer Diagnosis, Prayer for Good Health, Waiting Room

Rings and Things

Rings and Things It is a time for promises,for gathering together,for becoming one.Our rings, a symbolof this unity.Please protect the circleof those we hold dear,circles old and circles new.Keep them unbrokenbut stretchable,secure.

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Wedding Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Love, Self-Growth

Follow Through

Follow Through I started a writer’s workshop in my area last night.  It’s actually the same writer’s workshop I had started right before getting pregnant but then life smacked me around a bit and I was too busy changing diapers to worry about changing voice in a novel manuscript.  Sure, I’m a little black and blue but the bruises are healing and I’ve decided to keep life from bullying me once...

Also labeled: Prayer Blog, Prayables Team Blog, Ericka Clay, Inner Peace

Beginning

Beginning I'm beginning to understandthat in silence I am drawn to You,that my unanswered questionsmay cause me to seek You more,know You more, trust You more. I'm beginning to graspthe significance of pain in my life,that my heartachemay cause me to understandYour children more,love them more, support them more.

Also labeled: Various Author, Prayer for Serenity, Serenity Prayer, Prayer for Depression, Understanding, Prayer, Miracles

One, Big, Happy

One, Big, Happy Our driveway is a lot for rental cars,our basement a campsite:blankets on couches,air mattresses, sleeping bags.Upstairs, the cacophony of catching up:Look how the kids have grown!How was the vacation?Gee, I miss Gram.Thank You for bringing us together.Thank You for gathering us safely.Thank You...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer for Thanks, Prayer for Family, Prayer for Parents, Prayer for Children, Prayer for Grandparents, Humble

A Marriage in Trouble

A Marriage in Trouble We sit in silence.I say nothing;he looks at the TVwhile I stroke the cat.The couch is small,but miles separate us.A stranger in my home.I rub my arm,desperately needingto feel touch.Please can't You healthis pain, his heart,my contempt, his indifference?

Also labeled: Inspirational Prayer, Prayer for Inspiration, Prayer, Prayer for Depression, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Divorce, Heidi Haller, Legal Separation, Different Personalities

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, Worship, Overcoming Fear, Prayer

Lesson in Roses

Lesson in Roses I was thinking,the other day,about tea roses.The splendid profusionof hybrids—two beautiful plantsbred togetherinto something startlingly newand impossibly lovely.And it occurred to methat it was something like a marriage:The two of us,starting out foreign to one another,

Also labeled: Prayer for Unity, Prayer of Appreciation, Prayer of Gratitude, Prayer for Marriage, Prayer for Love, Lori Strawn, Thanksgiving Prayer, Prayer

Three-Legged Stool

Three-Legged Stool I feel You whenpeople do good deeds for the needy. I see You whensociety opens a checkbook to serve others. I hear You whencitizens speak out for justice.

Also labeled: Peace Prayer, Prayer for Peace, Prayer, Prayer for Helping Others, Prayer for Charity, Help, Various Author

Letting Go

Letting Go Surrender does notcome naturally to me.Surrender meansrelinquishing control;letting go.Surrender meanstrusting that someone elsewill do as good,will care as much,will want the same result that I do.Surrender also meansopening my life and my selfto the wondrous possibilitiesthat Your wisdomand Your...

Also labeled: Faith, Prayer, Request Prayer, Sue Bradford Edwards, Imperfections