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A Prayer for these Last Days of Lent

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On April 8, 2022

In Prayers

Meditations on these last days of Lent.

A Prayer for these Last Days of Lent



Lord, we are so 
fragile

our lives could 
snap

at any moment
our breath

could end and we would
depart this earth

leaving behind our
loved ones

to pick up the pieces
without us

may we find You in
the broken

pieces of this world
may You take

our brokenness into
Yourself

and give us Your
resurrected life

let us live our days
on earth

infused with Your
love

wrapped in Your
protection

overflowing with goodness
for each other

blessed to be blessings
encouraged to give courage

healed to touch lives
let our days on earth

be filled with You
and let us know

that You alone are the one
we can count on

forever

A Prayer For Peace

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On January 25, 2022

In Prayers

On those misty gray days, I offer a prayer for peace.

Prayer for Peace




Dear Lord,
on this misty
rainy morning

I feel so tired,
my eyes want
to close, my thoughts

want to drift away
sinking into oblivious
rest, quiet breaths

letting the world
go by with its
struggles and war

with its hunger
and demands,
with its oppression

and obsession
for more, more,
more, never sated

this angry world
with spittle flying,
launching insults
like missiles.

Gather this world
in Your arms
like a feral cat

softly stroking her raised fur
until her throat relaxes
with a sigh and a purr

and her claws retract,
the arch leaves her back
as her eyes quietly close

a kitten in repose

A Prayer For Those In Battle

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On January 19, 2022

In Prayers





Take these bones
and rebuild my life,
renew my vigor
and let me survive.

Take this heartbeat
and pay the price,
renew my strength
   with Your breath of life.

A Prayer For Those In Need

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On January 5, 2022

In Prayers

This prayer is written in haiku format to express heartfelt need.

Heartfelt Prayer

Oh Maker of all
things, my greatest need is You.
Answer when I call.

Respond when I reach 
out, reply when I pour out
my heart full of need.

As You scroll through my
messages, don't discard them
like yesterday's mail.

See my face, look at
my heart and know that I am
nothing without you.

Let me see Your face
let me look at Your heart and 
know that You are God.

Let me receive Your
grace, let me feel Your love, let
Your healing touch come.

For You are my God,
Oh Maker of all things, my
greatest need is You.

A Prayer For The Living And The Dying

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On November 1, 2021

In Poems, Prayers

the living and the dying

This is for everyone, the living and the dying, the caregivers, the loved ones: may you all find comfort, peace, and solace. 

even when the questions burn
even as the dreamers yearn

even when the nights are long
even when the fears are strong

even with the great unknown
even as our prayers are sown

even with our people crying
even with our loved ones dying

there is solace in the rising sun
another day will always come

our tears are carried to the One
who knows sorrow and has won

Into The Presence of God

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On September 8, 2021

In Prayers

Into the presence of God

Life has a way of bringing us into the presence of God.

May you run into His arms at the first sight of trouble.

Untie The NOTs: Not Enough

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On August 4, 2021

In Poems, Prayers

Untie The NOTs: "Not Enough" - a poem for when you struggle with everything you think you are not

“Not Enough” – this poem is for all the times you struggle with everything you think you are NOT.

There's a big ball
of NOTs
in my chest

a tangled list
of all that
I am NOT

but when I
surrender
the NOTs

to the great
I AM

He shows me
all that I am
in Him


"And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You."    
 ~ Psalm 9:10 ESV

The Secret Place

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On May 2, 2021

In Poems, Prayers

I don't carry a totem
 in my pocket
 but I have a secret place 
hidden in my heart 
that grounds me
 tethers me to reality 
gives me strength  for the journey 
reminds me I am not alone in this
 even though I am alone in my own skin. 

Beneath the shadow of God's wing
 there is a place of stillness 
a place of Presence 
a place of knowing 
a place of being
 a place where no enemy 
can withstand
 a place where I return
to come back to myself.

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