Playing with Words part 2

 

This week we are praying and playing with the words of Advent as part of our preparation to welcome Emmanuel ~ God with us and for us.  Last week we named and claimed that our expectations impact our preparations.  This week we are letting loose our inner poet to create an acrostic prayer using the four words of Advent.  Remember and recall the first rule to this is…there are no rules.  You can use your dictionary, thesaurus, Google, your neighbor, and any other resource you can find.  There are no grades being passed out and this can be a group project.  Have fun with this, the more creative and audacious the better.  The second instruction is that an acrostic prayer uses the first letter of the word to create other words that awaken your sacred imagination to explore definitions and descriptions for the word.  For example, let’s play with the word, Peace and what this word evokes and provokes for you.  Peace is…

P ~ Playing and praying and participating in the pollination of the planet

E ~ Enthusiasm and excitement that sneaks quietly through the back door of life

A ~ Accepting and acknowledging the holy absurdity and audaciousness of life

C ~ Cultivating, collaborating, and conspiring with the Creator

E ~ Embracing and embodying the Eternal in ever growing and generative ways.

As always, I would love to have you share your acrostic prayer poem you create.  May you know God’s peace (shalom which means wholeness) from the top of your head to your pinkie toe this day and as we continue to wait and prepare for God’s arrival in nineteen days!  Amen.