After
addressing God as Father and remembering God’s holiness, we ask God to enter
our lives. “Thy Kingdom come” we pray.
‘Kingdom’
might conjure up images of knights and ladies and castles, or perhaps all of
Creation as the Kingdom of God. Take time to think about what ‘kingdom’ means
to you.
Part 1
Offer your
prayer about what Kingdom means to you in drawing. This is similar to the
Zentangles from Sept. 7, but also very different. Rather than repeating one
design over and over, you allow your hand to just draw designs. Some might call
it doodling, but you will discover that you have experienced prayer as you
draw.
If you want
you can write your prayer intention and then draw around it, or you can simply
let your hand do the praying as you make patterns. There are many suggestions,
indeed books, about this type of prayer but really it’s all about letting your
right brain take over the prayer. The website for Sybil MacBeth author of Praying in Color says, “When the page was covered
with designs and names, Sybil realized she had prayed. The action of drawing
was a wordless offering of friends and family into the care of God.” (http://prayingincolor.com/)
Envision
Your “I Can” now is the adjacent phrase from the
Aramaic translation. Asking God to ‘envision I can’ in my life and your life
can be a powerful offering of self.
Part 2
One way to
incorporate this is to braid a bookmark from 3 strands of ribbon or yarn. One strand is for
the Father, one for the Son, and one for the Holy Spirit. As you braid offer a
pray for guidance on how God’s “I Can” will be in your life.
You can of course decorate the ends
of your bookmark with trinkets or bows or other embellishments that have
meaning.
Another way to use this prayer form
is to prayerfully and with intention pray for a situation or an illness or
discernment.
Next week we
will seek God’s Will in our lives and prayers.
