What is prayer?




What is prayer?
A moment of silence
Listening for a word
Listening for direction
Listening for hope
Listening for rhythm
Listening for the Divine.

A feeling of peace
When chaos abounds
When there is noise all around
When inside is in turmoil
When the thrumming never ends
But somehow, peace prevails.

What is prayer?
Spending a moment
Anticipating God
Trusting in love
and willing to follow.

What is prayer?
This beautiful day.
The lavender sky.
The cool breeze at dawn.
The bird song welcoming the sun.

What is prayer?
The indigo sky with glowing stars.
The crickets singing the night song.
The evening creatures nibbling clover.
The orange moon slowly rising. 

What is prayer?
My time to sit
and be with God
and let go of everything else
for just a moment.

What is prayer?
This moment. 
May it be so.

Amen.
Prayer poem and photo by Terri C. Pilarski

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Bleeding-heart: a poem by Mary Oliver

A Funeral Sermon: Healed by Love

Luke: A Mary Oliver Poem