Prayer

Parade 5/5

Place your hands closer to your heart

Say these words for we are about to pray,

Lord God in Heaven

We, your children of the world

Giving thanks to you for keeping us safe today

During these trying times,

Men, Women, and Children are troubled, hungry, and suffering 

Many are fighting and protesting with their differences, beliefs, and ideals

Lord, we offer these prayers, 

We pray O' Lord that we'll be able to look after each other's needs and safety 

We pray O' Lord that we'll be able to settle our differences, beliefs, and ideals

We pray to you Lord God that we'll be able to learn to love unconditionally to share and spread that kind of love to all 

beyond borders and boundaries

We ask you, Lord

Touch our hearts to make us calm 

Whisper into our ears to hear your voice 

for us to have peace of mind. 

Give us limitless strength of kindness and of giving 

As we hold you into our hearts 

Mend our hearts so we can forgive ourselves and others 

Don't let our hatred, differences, insecurities, and greed destroy us,

Save us, Heal us, 

Lord hear our prayers... 

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

...AMEN

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This prayer is quite complete, as far as covering everything that's troubling most people these days. You express these sentiments with a nice balance between asking God to help/fix, but stating your requests as if we humans need to stand up to the challenges, we need to learn & grow & be better about many things, not just relying on God to save us from ourselves. The language you use is very much the appropriate, expected language one often hears when people pray. And therein lies my problem with this. There's almost nothing new & remarkable. I know you're not trying to be new & remarkable here, you're just starting a prayer chain. But this is writers cafe & we are writers, first & foremost, so don't bore me with the typical prayer talk that one always hears. Show me something different. Convince me that it's worth my time to read this. I am your audience, first & foremost.

That being said, I happen to have a more conversational approach when I talk to God. To me, prayer isn't something I do with my hands clasped upon my chest, speaking in religiosity terms like this. To me, prayer is my ongoing conversation with God as I go about my day, noticing his little gifts & thanking him for helping me recognize something I need to consider or address. He's my friend, first & foremost, in life. He knows how I am, so why should I hide behind fancy prayer talk? If I swear to God, he knows this is the real me. Do you talk to your friend like this, like in this poem? Why not talk to God the way you talk to your friends? Why not get real with God? I think you both might like it! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[YanZeros]

Hi Margie, Thank you for your review and constructive criticism. I usually pray till I fall asleep like confession to God and Jesus Christ, and this is one of those prayers. I tried writing prayers with poetic touch since the month of June but I can't complete it. So I end up with this simple prayer like breathing air. My eldest sister is much more prayerful than me she's speaking in tongues or Glossolalia. She's also a poet and she only publish her works on Instagram. 😊❤️🙏

Thank you Margie, God Bless!

[barleygirl]

You represent the way most people pray & there's nothing wrong with that. You are the way you are & I can appreciate that. Thanks for being a good sport about my contrary point of view.

[YanZeros]

You're welcome Margie, thanks again for your reviews! 🙂