FMF | A Clear Heart and Mind Beyond The Fog
This post is part of the Five Minute Friday blog link-up. Where I join up with a community of writers and bloggers of all ages and stages who gather around a single-word prompt to free-write, unscripted, unedited, for five minutes. This week’s word is {{Clarify}}
Oh, Lord, please help me to clarify,
My thoughts and feelings, day by day.
Unravel the knots that entangle my mind,
And help me to see Your will designed.
Clarify my thoughts and words,
That I may speak Your truth with grace.
Help me to be a faithful witness, And show
Your love in every place.
When darkness clouds my vision clear,
And I’m lost in a fog of fear, Please send
Your light to guide my way, And help
me to see Your perfect day.
Clarify, Lord, my heart and mind,
Let me see truth with vision clear.
Dispel the clouds that blind my eyes,
And help me know what You hold dear.
Oh, Lord, I pray for clarity,
To see Your world as You intend.
To live my life in harmony,
And to fulfill Your purpose, my friend.
— This took longer than 5 minutes.
9 Comments
Andrew Budek-Schmeisser
Paula, I hope you’ll forgive, but due to hallucinations from pain and lack of sleep I read your title as A Clear Heart And Mind Beyond The Frog. Gotta run with it.
The frog’s outside my window,
he ribbits through the night,
and I think he does this so
I have the strength to fight
the nightmares that arise these days
that spring from unremitting pain.
I take his croaks as hymn of praise
that hope will come again
with the dawn-glow in the east,
a harbinger of Your return,
a bright rebuke unto the beast
who only seeks to burn
the hearts deceived, each by each
for spite at grace he could not reach.
Paula @ Gracefilled Moments
I get brain “frog” from my several chronic illnesses and have to chuckle at myself when I read something wrong or hear something wrong.
Lisa Blair
Beautiful, Paula! ~FMF #3
Annette
some poetry does take a bit longer than five minutes to write….but it turned out well in the end. A good read. 🙂 FMF15
Paula @ Gracefilled Moments
Thanks Annette 🙂
Sandra K. Stein
Beautiful poem/prayer.
Thanks for sharing.
Paula @ Gracefilled Moments
Thanks so much Sandra
Kath
Paula, I absolutely love this!! I have shared it on my Facebook page. Such a powerful and meaningful prayer. It will be going in my blog folder.
Kath, your FMF neighbour at #11. Thanks so much for your prayers this week.
Paula @ Gracefilled Moments
Thanks Kath. I’m happy this touched you and that you saved it to your blog folder. I have a special blogging friends bookmark where I save special posts too.