On Monday we held the word hope, which reminds me that we are also being held by hope! On Tuesdays we played with the word, peace. Today, we turn to love to create an acrostic prayer. Just to be clear recall that the first rule to this is…there are no rules. You can use your dictionary, thesaurus, Google, your neighbor, and you can phone a pastor as one of your lifelines. There are no grades being passed out. Have fun with this, the more creative and audacious the better. Remember that an acrostic prayer uses the first letter of the word to create other words that awaken your sacred imagination to explore what that word means. Love is…
L ~ leaning in, listening with
rapt attention, learning, leaping like John the Baptizer does in his mother,
Elizabeth’s womb!
O ~ ordinariness that orders
our life and opens us to the hOly and moments we feel whOle
V ~ vivaciousness and variety that
we find in our lives
E ~ Elusive Eternal that dElightfully lEaves brEad crumbs scatted in our lifE. (I never realized how many Es there were in the Advent words!! It isn’t easy coming up with new thoughts each day.)
Remember I would dElight in
seeing your acrostic poem prayer if you would care to share with me. May God’s love enfold and hold you in
meaningful ways this day. Amen.
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