...appoint steadfast love

         and faithfulness

to watch over him!

             Psalm 61. 2-3

(And what if we prayed

      these words of strength

                 and wellbeing

      over those in our lives?

Not just how differently

              would they live,

but how differently would we

      live and love and respond?

Prayer doesn't just change things,

          praying changes us,

even in how we pray

                  and for what we pray,

how we view God

and consequently how we view

            others and circumstances.)

O LORD,

May we be mindful

        of following You,

even in how we pray.

Take us to a higher place

that even in praying to You

    we pray differently

as You align our hearts

                 with Yours.

Change our words

        as You change our hearts.

May this prayer from the Psalms

   --anointing and appointing--

     be ready on our lips

               and in our hearts.