Photo: “Prayer” by KylaBorg via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Original Piece: Artist Zina
I’m telling you, surfing Flickr for spiritually inspiring images is a great way to wind down your day. Glad that Kyla found this cool Zina piece.
Related Scripture
Psalm 141 (BCP, Public Domain)
1 O LORD, I call to you; come to me quickly; *
hear my voice when I cry to you.
2 Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, *
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch before my mouth, O LORD,
and guard the door of my lips; *
let not my heart incline to any evil thing.
4 Let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers, *
nor eat of their choice foods.
5 Let the righteous smite me in friendly rebuke;
let not the oil of the unrighteous anoint my head; *
for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6 Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places, *
that they may know my words are true.
7 As when a plowman turns over the earth in furrows, *
let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave.
8 But my eyes are turned to you, Lord GOD; *
in you I take refuge;
do not strip me of my life.
9 Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me *
and from the traps of the evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, *
while I myself escape.
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Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, and the Kingdom at Hand by Dave Harrity
Lent is coming, and I really commend as a daily practice this guided poetry adventure. I wrote a bit about it a few years back.
The Painting Table: A Journal of Loss and Joy by Roger Hutchison
Another option, also in the piece above about creative practice for spiritual formation.