Prayer Prompt

Prayer Prompt 29

Remind me, God,
to forgive myself
that I am clear to forgive others.

I have loved discovering that forgiveness does not require that someone be wrong and someone be right.

That discovery eliminates superiority/inferiority separation. Removing separation before forgiving makes the blessing that results so sweet.

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 28

This morning's Sunday silence--but for the wondrous birdsongs--brought clearly to mind how much I want to know the universe of love.

Living, loving God
Help me lose my fear
of recognizing love.

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 27

The awareness of one love--and all the human love-types just  variations--is beautiful. Simplifying. Uplifting.

Love is all from God.
God's love is all.
All love is God's.
Love is all God.
God is all love.
All love is from God.

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 21

As I grew up, praying and prayer were serious business. No one had to tell me I was not supposed to take either the process or the product lightly.

Certainly not playfully.

Well, I've learned and that's changed. Praying can be fun and festive. Lighthearted and lightheaded. Who's to say that as an adult I cannot pray as a child?

I have fun with you, God.
Remind me of the child
in me, in all of us.

I've learned when I pray and smile at the same time, both feel a whole lot better!

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 17

Prosperity comes in many forms.

With the heightened commercial attention to the Law of Attraction, it's very easy to equate prosperity with wealth...and mean financial wealth.

Certainly financial or material wealth is one form of prosperity. And not a bad form, at that. But it's surely not the only prosperity.

I recently concluded that the abundance I receive from God is the raw material from which I get to produce prosperity.

God doesn't send me prosperity like a bag of money or a winning lottery ticket. God manifests for me an abundance of tools I can use to create the prosperity I want. That may be financial prosperity. It may also be prosperity in terms of happiness, health, friendships, experiences......

The tools God provides me are ideas. In abundance.

I thank you, God.
Send me ideas that benefit me,
benefit others, benefit your Universe.

Love and blessings for you and your ideas,

Prayer Prompt 16

There is so much joy, so much pleasure to find in the beauty surrounding us.

There is the enlivening beauty of a sunrise and the calming beauty of a sunset. No matter how often we see their beauty.

And the beauty is not all visual. The sound of a car horn and screeching brakes may be the beauty of a life saved. The taste of a fresh peach depicts the beauty of summer. And not many things feel more beautiful than a good hug, right?

Nor is the beauty that surrounds us only physical. Don't you enjoy the beauty of a great idea and a creative insight?

If things physical and mental are beautiful, how much more is the spiritual? The wonder(fulness) of the spirit that is our unity is beyond compare.

God, your work is fine art.
Illustrate for me ways to beautify
my work and the role it has in my life.

Striving to make beauty in what I do is inspired by the beauty God gives.

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 15

More and more I enjoy the truth of Oneness. Thankfully.

More often now I remember to start by relaxing my body.

More frequently I remember to ask my mind to quieten.

More and more I invite my spirit to open and receive.

That's all it takes. Of course, remembering to remember those entry steps is often a challenge.

Sometimes I am too rushed to talk to God. Sometimes I talk so fast, so loud that I cannot hear God speaking to me.

I have faith in you, God.
Allow your healing grace to flow in me.
Allow me to receive it.

Wishing you the calm and easy entry into such communions.


PS I invite you to my Introduction to Living a Prayerful Life teleclass, January 29.
Hope you'll join us.

Prayer Prompt 12

As 2008 winds down, my mind hops and skips over the many joys of the year. And my mind stumbles over some of the not-so-great moments of 2008.

As 2009 approaches, I breathe deeply the anticipation of all the grace, peace, and prosperity in the year to come. And I occasionally catch my breath because fear of the unknown is a natural (human) reaction.

So...here's my application of the continuous reminder that fear is just the absence of love.

I am safe with you, God.
Help me constantly light the darkness
of fears I feel with love I know.

I look forward to 2009. I hope you will, too.

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 11

As I've begun to find (and love!) praying more and more present in all parts of my day, I've made a few discoveries:

• Praying means more than talking to God;
• Praying means talking to myself as well.
• Praying does not originate with me (neither my mind nor my heart);
• Praying originates with God.
• Praying makes this physical world a better place for me because
• Praying takes me for a moment or two out of this world.

Those discoveries did not happen over night. Maybe they can, but for me they did not. They took time.

Time well made.

I praise you, God.
Help me know your Divine Self
that is within me.

Enjoy this beautiful season.

Love and blessings,

Prayer Prompt 10

There can be pleasure in being alone. There's usually not so much pleasure in feeling lonely.  

Being alone gives me time to think, to reflect, to meditate, to contemplate. And, surely, to do mundane things like read and write and cook and "veg."

Being lonely comes from not wanting to be alone. And the vicious circle makes me feel all the more alone...

Recognizing what alone and lonely share and how they are different helps.

But nothing helps more than realizing neither is Truth.

I enjoy you, God.
You are my instant, constant and abundant
supplier of love, joy and peace.

God doesn't supply those blessings from afar. They are delivered "in person" and mean I'm never alone.

Or lonely.

Love and blessings,