- Prayers for the Ups and Downs of Life
- I don't know the words to use
- Prayers for honesty in yourself
- A prayer of anger
- When you're feeling flat and dull
- When God seems far away
- The power of prayer
- Feeling lonely
- Guilt and confession
- A prayer for friends
- When I'm feeling anxious
- Prayers for the busy
- Illness
- I don't think there is a God - how can I pray?
- When a loved one has died
- No one understands
- When you feel full of joy
- Before a job interview
- When you try hard but get nowhere
- The journey of life
- Care for others
- Home and family
- The life of faith
- The present moment
- Creative Prayers
- Forgiveness
- Being made whole
- Food in the wilderness
I don't know the words to use
God
Do you speak English?
Or Spanish, Latvian or Martian?
When I pray I know that the words are in my own language
But what are you - some kind of Babel Fish translator?
It's not the words is it?
It's not just the thoughts or feelings either
It's all of me
In communion, contact, embracing - all of these are words again!
It's all of you with all of me
Sometimes with ‘sighs too deep for words'
Sometimes with embarrassment
Yes with Joy
and with sadness
With life in all its fullness
The words play their part
But only a part.
A prayer of address
Now here's the thing
I don't know how to begin
‘Dear God' sounds like a letter
‘O Lord' has echoes of a minor domestic disaster
‘In the name of Jesus' has a nice ring but what does ‘in the name of' mean
‘Hi God, its me' - hi 1970s, I'm a hippy believer
Perhaps I should start at the other end:
‘Thank you'
Maybe I should start with:
‘I'm here because...'
I think I'll stop worrying and just start.
