I want to write more. When my heart breaks I like to try to capture those feelings and thoughts on paper. I want to write my prayers down more too. My brother Pete mentioned he has been writing down his prayers and is able to see them answered. It's encouraging and inspiring looking through a journal at old entries and seeing answered prayers. Or maybe it's a tough reminder how you don't pray as often and as bold as you have in the past.
Anyway, here is one such Spirit inspired writing I came across that I wrote in the fall over a year ago. Not a prayer, but rather just what I felt like God was telling me.
I cry out Father.
"I hear your cries" He says.
"You are mine.
You are a part of me.
Fear nothing, for I will not let you go.
I give you a light, a joy.
Let your light shine.
In times of sorrow or happiness, let it shine.
All will see the light I've given you.
It will shine into their darkness.
And as the light pierces their hearts,
I will fill them also.
Heart by heart the world will shine brighter.
Even your enemies will begin to shine.
No one can resist the light,
for in the dark they cannot see.
They wander aimlessly, fearing all things.
Or they drink away their fears.
Altering their state to feel at peace.
But the peace is only temporary.
It will fade and they will awake in the dark.
When they see the true light,
they will run for it."
