Sometimes I wonder about sharing these. Private thoughts. Private prayers. I don’t write them for the blog. That wouldn’t work. Rather they come when they come, jotted in notebooks or sketchbooks. But sometimes I think they might encourage another, if only to reveal that we are not alone in our wanderings, on this path toward God, or with God, or away from God. (It’s always one of these.)
The following is one from my personal prayer book, where I write him and he writes me back. (Well, it’s through my mind and hand, of course.) I never see what’s coming, not even my “question,” certainly not his “answer.” But without exception, the latter is always helpful, generally refreshing, accepting, useful, sometimes convicting, and to the deeper point.
Here’s a recent . . .
Lord,
Here I am again, back with you and my thoughts.
I see you and what you did in your brief years.
Me, I’m so full of sin (at worst) or distraction (at best).
Having begun with a zeal,
got bumped around,
bumped myself around,
taking advantage of your grace,
dissipating . . .
like a tire going out of air.
Still moving, but barely . . . and not looking too good either.
Fill me again, and let’s get rolling.
Sincerely,
Hyatt
Hyatt,
My breath is always here. Always breathing out. Full of Holy Spirit.
I breathe out . . . you breathe in. Fill your lungs with me.
Not your brain. That too, but will follow,
now just breathe in.
That’s first and always.
Remember, Adam got that first.
Breathe in.
Without that you’re nothing, and can never be.
“Be,” that’s first; then “do.”
For both of these you need to breathe.
I’m here, and will always be.
Sincerely too,
Your God, Your Life.
Our Lives Together
Its About Life
8:45 am
Beautiful Hyatt…just beautiful…
9:04 am
BEAUTIFUL…..
LLT
9:12 am
Your honesty with God and consequently us, your readers, is refreshing Hyatt. I’m always encouraged when we get a glimpse into your mind and heart, that I am not alone in feeling as I do.
9:18 am
From the heart … reached a heart.
9:26 am
Right now, I don’t know what to do. But I can breathe and I can be. Thank you, Hyatt!!
9:30 am
Thanks Hyatt
9:49 am
Thanks Hyatt. Your thoughts and musings always lift my spirit.
10:14 am
Beautiful.
10:23 am
I love the profound simplicity. It seems i keep needing to relearn how to breathe. Or unlearn what makes me hold my breath.
10:55 am
This I love…so timely, so accurate, so transparent! Thanks
11:11 am
A lot of responses. Me, too. This was one of my scheduled low days in chemotherapy. Being reminded that He loves to talk back if we listen was timely. Brought the smile that was missing.
11:20 am
Hyatt, often I am reminded of the things God put on my heart through your past blogs. Your writings encourage me greatly.
12:49 pm
God’s response brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing something so personal- I, too, needed to hear this.
6:20 pm
Hyatt:
someday in heaven I’ll try to remember to tell you how timely this was.
8:56 pm
Dear Hyatt,
Thank you! I needed this for this moment. My mother, who would have been 94 May1,
peacefully breathed out her last breath here and breathed in her eternal breath with Jesus. this past Saturday. You can only imagine what the next day, Easter Day was like for me!
Paula
9:03 pm
Wow! That’s all, just wow! I’m breathing! Thank you, Hyatt
9:15 pm
Thank you Hyatt. Somehow I felt the need to breathe deeply while reading. Sharing your words, sharing your thoughts, sharing in your gifts, feeling His presence.
9:36 pm
Hyatt, both Patricia & I would agree with you, that sharing personal prayers (not composed prayers) with others can be helpful, instructive and encouraging. One of Pat’s favorite books is one she found years ago, “The Prayers of Peter Marshall.” Even now, many years after his Chaplaincy in the US Senate, these prayers are not only instructive and uplifting… they also provide a measuring rod providing insight into why our nation’s leaders find themselves in the mess they are in. As for us, thank you, and feel free to share more, broher!
6:37 am
Thank you Hyatt! I too look to Adam – to remember the first gift God gave us was life. Life that He intends us to live. So our first instruction, with our first gift, is to live. Since the death of my daughter, one of my favorite sayings is that BREATHING IS NOT OVER-RATED. Now, when I think of it, I’ll imagine being filled with the Holy Spirit as well. Thank you again :)
9:47 am
Tears in my eyes! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Lord and thank you Hyatt! Truly very powerful and this simple truth, to breathe the Holy Spirit in First and then Do. I am so grateful too, along with everyone else God is blessing right through you Hyatt and right into our bloggers hearts! Thank you! Lisa :) Bless you and bless you day!
4:25 am
Inspiring. I’m grateful that you shared this. And the picture of the unuseable vehicle with the flat tire will help me remember this. Thanks, Hyatt!