We think in pictures, not words. And we pray in pictures, in moods and metaphors. My prayer space takes on several images finding Rest, expressing Gratitude, asking for Guidance, to Praise and more . . .

What are your prayer pictures?

REST
A place to put my head to rest, 
All my cares to be addressed 
Without asks, just as I am,
Unmasked, as a weary lamb,
With the Shepherd who knows me best.

GRATITUDE
 
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Across the blue,
Stretching high 
Almost out of view.
Who am I? That you
Bestow so much?
I humbly wish I knew.

GUIDANCE

What to do, What to say?
Steer me from my retrograde.
I am lost and so afraid.
Quiet lights can show the way.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
           ― Mother Teresa

PRAISE

A place of song---
The whole year long,
Crafts and arts
And hymns to stir
Our hearts.

PRAYER SPACE AS A RHYTHM

Prayer as a walk, 
A continuous talk.
A gentle rhythmic tug.  
Each step confirms 
What I continue to learn.
I am loved . . .  I am loved . . . I am loved.

SUPPLICATION

Ready rooms where life can zoom
Into safe, divine wombs,
To pray for peace, all wars to cease
For the lion and the lamb.

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