Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee / Rembrandt / Wikimedia Commons
interceding
fellowship with the marginalized
Lake Orta, Italy by Matt Hardy on Unsplash
intercede for me
image via Max Pixel CC0
our great high priest
Christ on the throne by Jojojoe [CC BY-SA 3.0]
outward focused prayer
An interceding heart
My heart and my soul,
my arms and pockets are filled
with the people I pray for, Lord…
You know who they are and what they need
and don’t need me
to speak their names…
But something’s sacred
in saying aloud the names of those
who’ve asked for my prayers…
Something’s holy
in whispering to you
what they once whispered to me…
And something’s graced
in simply remembering
the prayer I saw in their eyes…
My heart and my soul,
my arms and pockets are filled
with the people I pray for, Lord…
Hear every prayer I whisper
for all of those who’ve asked me
to mention their names to you…
Amen.