Letters To God!
"My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer."
Psalm 45: 1
British writer Julia McGuinness said, “Writing prayers
down rather than speaking them out loud or voicing them
in your head can be a powerful, patient act of worship….
The very act of writing may make you more mindful and
attentive to what it is you want to pray.”
If writing your prayers seems
strange, remember the
prayers we read in the Bible were written down, which
is why we use them as our own. Many of our hymns
are actually prayers, such as the lyrics: “Then sings
my soul, my Savior God, to Thee.”
As we take time to write out our prayers, we discover
areas of weakness that need to be strengthened and
patterns of life that must be corrected.
We have a record of our prayers. When our
minds feel unfocused, a pen and paper can
help us concentrate in God’s presence.
Write out some of your prayers and
think of them as letters to God. He
knows how to read—and listen!
"Written prayer brings a substance to our
communications with God and is still totally
portable. You can write prayers on
whatever
material is at hand…. wherever you happen
to be."
Julia McGuinness
