More Precious Than We Imagine

 

...and golden bowls

           full of incense,

which are the prayers   

      of the saints.

              Revelation 5. 8

(God does not just hear us.

He treasures every word.

He keeps our prayers active

         before Him,

   continually responding to us,

   in reverberations across time

       and place and circumstance.

Every prayer to the Almighty is

    not hidden away in a drawer

           like a memory,

but stored in golden bowls

      --beautiful in God's sight--

  our requests, our thoughts,

  our pleas for help and mercy,

  our conversations,

  our praises and thanks,

  our time walking with Him.

Precious to Him.)

O LORD,

We come before You

  with so much on our minds

             and hearts.

We praise You

  because You listen and respond.

We are in awe

  because You love us so much.

Thank You that we can pray,

   and spend time with You,

   wherever we are,

   unbounded by time or place

            or request.

Walk with us into this day.

Help us not just to pray,

    but to listen.

And know that You already do.