This is the first prayer in a series of Easter prayers, featuring photos from my friend’s recent trip to the Holy Land.
Today’s photos were taken at the actual site where the Sermon on the Mount was preached.
How quick we are to forget your teachings, Jesus.
So much like your people in the days you walked this earth,
we forget your words and forsake your authority.
Once you sat on a hillside,
teaching your disciples and anyone who cared to listen.
Today’s Five Minute Friday prompt is “Define.” I chose to combine it with my focus on the fruit of self-control.
Once I heard: Good fences make good neighbors.
Today I am setting stone walls
of self-control, walls to contain
my sprawling city, so prone
toward selfishness.
How faithful you have been, Lord,
in each of my seasons.
You set your word in my heart
and held my hand
Writing for five unedited minutes on the prompt “Embrace” for Five Minute Friday.
Change, my new and unfamiliar friend
wraps me in an embrace
these cool mornings.
Every time I see a new sunrise
I embrace a morning of change.
Writing for five unedited minutes on the prompt “Friend” for Five Minute Friday.
Oh, my sweet daughter,
I hate to see your heart break.
Your friend, the one who writes you sparkly notes
the one who gives you hugs whenever you meet