Wednesday May 5, 2021
Today’s Scripture: Mark 15:33-39
5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
Today’s Devotional
Today I would like to offer you a poem by one of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver. It’s about prayer. I hope you that you will read it through a couple of times. May it speak to you the way it did to me.
PRAYING
It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.
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