A Writer’s Prayer
By
Heavenly Father,Help me to trust that the words you encourage me to write meet the needs of those you guide to read them.
Let me continue to delight in the beautiful words written by others and not despair in the simplicity of my own. Help me remember always to thank them and encourage them in their work.
Guide my thoughts and my hands to express your Holy Word in our lives. Allow me to follow your will, to trust your ways, to be unconcerned with how I write but that I write in the light of your Light.
Lord, send me peace of heart so that envy and disparaging does not constrict my work for your glory.
Amen.
If you enjoyed it, please go over to Margret Rose Reilly's blog and thank her. She has an interesting blog: gardening from a Catholic perspective. She's published two books, Cultivating God's Garden Through Lent and A Garden of Visible Prayer: Creating a Personal Sacred Space One Step at a Time.
Let me continue to delight in the beautiful words written by others and not despair in the simplicity of my own. Help me remember always to thank them and encourage them in their work.
Guide my thoughts and my hands to express your Holy Word in our lives. Allow me to follow your will, to trust your ways, to be unconcerned with how I write but that I write in the light of your Light.
Lord, send me peace of heart so that envy and disparaging does not constrict my work for your glory.
Amen.
If you enjoyed it, please go over to Margret Rose Reilly's blog and thank her. She has an interesting blog: gardening from a Catholic perspective. She's published two books, Cultivating God's Garden Through Lent and A Garden of Visible Prayer: Creating a Personal Sacred Space One Step at a Time.
Good words, and not only for writers... Thanks for posting this, Manny.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing my words on your page! I was (am) working on a new manuscript and wrote this prayer as I struggled. Are you also a member of the Catholic Writers Guild?
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by! No I am not a memeber. I haven't published anything. Perhaps one day. :)
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