Poet

I have been journaling on and off since I was in high school. Since the beginning it has been one of the ways that God has spoken to me, given me direction and helped me process through the struggles of living. Sometimes the entries in these journals are about things I want to remember. Sometimes they are songs I’ve written. Sometimes they are quotes that inspire me. Often I find that poems sort of explode from my pen and I find that the poems become prayers. Sometimes the prayers become poems.

I wanted to share one of these poem/prayers today. It was written early on a Sunday morning as a prayer for our church; that we would learn to worship in Spirit and Truth.

Teach us to worship God

To move beyond the mundane,

the comfortable, the average

Strike our heart with a fire

that blazes in the darkness

of the every day

Create in us a hunger to pursue holiness,

defeat loneliness

and see the broken hearts of

men, women and children

be made whole and new

Teach us to worship God

that Your presence would change

the way we speak and how we think

Let Your kindness fill us to the overflow

and may compassion guide our steps

Teach us to worship God