Dead bugs and elbow grease in the chapter of March
In the Book of Our Lord 2022, it suddenly occurred to Shari Zook that she had once again been living her life by sheer elbow grease.
Tag: prayer
Alphabet prayers
I’ve been reading the book of Lamentations. It’s so beautiful that I tried writing an English prayer in the same structure, just for fun.
Monday’s confession of faith
I probably look like I always love him and I never doubt And for many months this can be true For many months the thought of him is sweet and I believe his words and am So happy to be part of his family The Bible is alive and the Lord’s Supper full of […]
The Lord’s Prayer – My turn
Confession: I have a tall glass of iced coffee in hand, and if I am not very careful I will pick up The Count of Monte Cristo and be lost to the world for the night as a reader instead of a writer. This too would be good. Dantes is an airhead at this point […]
The Lord’s Prayer – Your turn
Our Father a good Father, a loving Father and we come to him together which art in heaven what is heaven but where God dwells? is every place you inhabit made heaven? Hallowed be thy name sacred, precious, unblameable Thy kingdom come oh, swiftly Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven […]
Teach us to pray
A question for you this morning: If intercessory prayer is as important as we think, why is it not touched in The Lord’s Prayer, the model given when His disciples asked for a lesson? He said— “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, […]
Learning to be reasonably happy
Confession: I’ve never liked the Serenity Prayer. Anything that overused, she thought, has to turn to rot after a while. And it seems too… serene. A little folding of the hands to rest. Last month at the local ladies seminar I read the whole prayer, for the first time, and it made all the difference. It […]