First make me a listener. Give me ears to hear what you are speaking. Shut out the noise all around and let it be your voice that rises above every other.
I ask for eyes to see the world brand new every day. Let the miraculous lovely rise up out of the crazy busy and may it be like a snapshot of life frozen before me. May I see IT. May I see You, daily.
Help me, Jesus, to never stop learning what you are teaching. Let me always sit in the classroom of grace and write every lesson on my heart.
And when I do write, give me the gift of hesitation with consideration. Remind me Lord, to insert a holy pause before I publish, anything – be it a blog post, a letter, a tweet, or status update. Whisper in my ear, “Does this bring Me glory?”
Inspire my heart.
Move my hands.
Be glorified, always in my words.
This prayer is found in chapter 9 of Fresh Out of Amazing. You can find out more about it here.
Wonderful focusing prayer. I especially love the holy pause before publishing anything. I wrote my own writer’s prayer several years ago after reading The Creative Call by Janice Elsheimer.
Thanks Darcy. This has been stirring in my heart all week. Love that you have done something similar.
Love this prayer. “The gift of hesitation with consideration”. Asking if our writing brings Him glory before we hit publish. First and foremost I want to bring Him glory and honor through my words! Blessings!
This is wonderful, and timely, Stacey. Thank you!
Printing this and putting it up on my laptop – absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, sweet friend!
Ahh, so glad it spoke to your heart, too. Love that we can be praying the same thing over our writing my IU soul sister!
This is wonderful Stacey! I usually always whisper a prayer before I start a blog post, asking God to say what He wants me to say – use my fingers on the keyboard and use my words to be what He wants. Absolutely – to see Him and hear Him and learn from Him every day! Thanks for sharing!
Stacey, I’m new to your blog and I just love your heartfelt spirit. It’s all about Him, isn’t it? Every word we write is for His glory!
Thank you Jolene you are so kind! Lovely to meet you here!
This is such a beautiful prayer ~ thank you so much for sharing it, Stacey!
Beautiful new space! Lovely words, as always. I tried to subscribe on some of your social media links, but they aren’t working.