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Prayer Is An Act of Courage

Prayer is an act of courage.

An act of courage?

Throughout my cancer journey, I have been awestruck by the outpouring of love, concern, support, encouragement, and prayers of countless people, many of them strangers. And now that I’ve entered a resting point, away from the harsh chemo, and I am functioning better and thinking more clearly, something profound has occurred to me.

It’s an act of courage to pray for someone else, to breathe hope into words, to send those words out into the heavens, not certain what the outcome will be, never truly sure that you’ve been heard, yet daring to believe the impossible, calling goodness into being, watching and waiting to see what will happen as you go about your daily life.

I want you to know that you’ve given me an amazing gift: your valiant act of faith. I hold this offering close to my heart, wrapped in tissues of hope, and I somehow know with certainty that the divine walks upon this earth through the acts of kindness and love from people like you.

Hand of Grace

Hand of Grace

A poetic prayer about counting costs and blessings, angel wings and the hand of grace.





When I'm counting
the costs
let me never forget
to factor the
hand of God.

When I'm counting
the blessings
let me always see
the practical
hand of grace.

Let me never take
for granted
gifts delivered
on angel wings.

Let my eyes be
ever open
to divinity
within all things.

When I'm dreaming
upon my pillow
may I catch a glimpse
of your face

And if nightmares
reach out to clutch me
let me hold your
hand of grace.


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