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| Photo by Mark Penta |
A few years back, Mark posted this photo on FaceBook with the comment: "I like the three sections; earth, water, air. All I did was show up..." Prayer is something like that: showing up for God - who is waiting for us... But, once we show up, what do we say? How do we begin? Let me suggest an "opener" for those times when we "show up" for prayer...
A prayer to begin my prayer...(As with many prayers, this one can be prayed over and over again until it becomes part of you. You can also address this prayer to Jesus, to the Father or to the Holy Spirit.)
Lord Jesus:
you are here now,
always
and only
because you want me
and want to be with me.
Lord Jesus:
I am here now,
again
and only
because I want you
and want to be with you.
Lord Jesus,
help me surrender
to your love,
your mercy
and your peace...
To pray is to recognize that I am in God's presence, in the presence of God who wants me, who seeks me, who desires to be with me.
To pray is to be still, that I might know the Lord's presence and hear his voice.
His voice might be the silence in which I sit...
His voice might be my heartbeat, the pulse of his love within me...
His voice might be my breath, the spirit of his life sustaining me...
His voice might speak in the scripture I read or the verse I pray by heart...
His voice might be the consolation of knowing he is with me, that he is always with me, that he will never leave my side...
Keep in mind that every time we go to pray, it is at the Spirit's prompting...
Keep in mind that when we go to pray, we need not look for the Lord - he's there ahead of us, waiting for us to join him...
Keep in mind that when we pray even our confused, clumsy ramblings are music to God's ears...
Keep in mind that to simply sit in the presence of the Lord in silence is, itself, a beautiful prayer...
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