Tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer: growth & wisdom
graduation day
parents startle at child’s growth
earn moment of pride
launch dream of hope-full future
prayer for wings of wisdom
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can i pray for you?
03 Apr 2017 11 Comments
in haibun, prayer Tags: communion, God, prayer, presence, silence, wrestling
Prayer is practicing the quiet presence of God. It is crawling up into the lap of our abba – daddy and crying to hear him whisper comfort in our ear as he wraps us in his strong, everlasting arms. Prayer is communion, connection, conversation; our privilege as children since Jesus opened door. It may be a mighty wrestling, his will bending ours to grant a greater blessing than we can imagine. In amazing love and grace, God invites us to pray and he initiates our prayers. He wants us to come to him. In his presence, our brokenness begins to heal, our emptiness to fill. Prayer is relationship, not religion; desire, not duty. It is our lifeline; vital as breathing, inhale – exhale. If we cannot pray? Jesus intercedes, the Spirit groans and the family of God lifts us up, before his throne.
listen in silence
dew refreshes, green renews
spring rain for the soul
walk in the light
31 Jul 2016 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: dew, fields, grass, prayer, walk, worship
“In your light we see light.” -Ps.36:9b
morning prayer path
first rays enlighten ditches
grass gives thanks for dew
evening worship walk
sunset illumines grain fields
God whispers his love
(photos by lynn)
national day of prayer
05 May 2016 Leave a comment
in prayer Tags: children, hungry, lonely, nation, prayer
Prayer is raising our emptiness to be filled by His presence.
“O Divine Master, grant
that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love. “ – St.Francis
Lord, i’m just one person
of little position or power,
disillusioned with politics,
wondering how to pray
for this nation and world;
where truth is trampled
justice twisted unjustly;
the violated commit violence,
the bullied become bullies
and sadness spills like rain.
as you offered Yourself
may i give myself fully
to love on your children,
feed the hungry souls,
visit the sick, sad, lonely,
beginning in my own home.
breathing the name
10 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in rhyming verse, Uncategorized Tags: breathe, exhale, gift, inhale, life, prayer
our first inhale
inspires a wail
every breath on lease
until breathing cease
his name rests on our tongues
spirit fills up our lungs
oxygen’s gifts from above
inspire us to be, do, love
fuller gulps we request
when exerting our best
inhaling the holy
exhaling the hurtful
breathe in life’s air
breathe out a prayer
our final breath
expires in death
until…
resuscitated to life beyond here
drink deep of celestial atmosphere
epiphany in unity
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in prayer, Uncategorized Tags: beauty, clarity, Jesus, prayer
grant us clarity
our love’s beauty transparent
pray they may see you
prayer for open heart surgery
22 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: heart, holes, holy, prayer, whole
Lord,
make us holy,
whole.
where we are broken,
fixed.
where we are bound,
free.
where we are empty,
filled.
where we are lost,
found.
open our hearts,
repair the holes
make us holy
wholly yours.
Amen – may it be so.
simple request
25 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: faith, heaven, knees, prayer
Give us faith (and knees) to be “heaven-bent”
on praying for Your children.
(“Jacob praying” download from Photobucket)
prayer on a plot of land
05 Feb 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: farmers, Nicaragua, partners, prayer
*Praise for our Farmer-to-Farmer partners in Nicaragua who signed legal titles making them new land owners of their family plots.
Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos
He is the Father of all; both Nicaraguans and Americans.
Santificado sea tu Nombre
We worship him in our own cultures and languages.
Venga tu reino
His kingdom brings physical and spiritual renewal.
Hágase tu voluntad
He works his will in the lives of faith-full farmers.
En la tierra como en el cielo
The land, weather and eternity belong to him.
Danos hoy el pan de este día
We want to be able to feed our families each day.
y perdona nuestras deudas
By his pierced hands all our debts are paid.
como nosotros perdonamos nuestros deudores
We purpose to live at peace with God and each other.
y no nos dejes caer en al tentación
There are no short cuts to integrity.
sino que líbranos del malo.
He alone can free us from our own selfishness.
(photo by Rolando Mejia, Farmer-to-Farmer Facebook site)
