Icon of Christ
I love breathing prayers, not so much the traditional prayers like the Jesus prayer that require the repetition of a short phrase or verse to help us center and meditate, but rather prayers that remind us of the infilling presence of God.
I have written about these in previous posts and provide links to most of these prayers in It Allergy Season But Don’t Hold Your Breath Too Long. This week I have again been reminded for this type of prayer as I have sort to recentre myself on the loving presence of God. Here is the prayer that has flowed out of my meditation
In faith and confidence I breathe freely,
I breathe in life,
I breathe in love,
I breathe in hope.
In faith and confidence I breathe in the eternal presence,
I breathe it into the very centre of my being.
In faith and confidence I breathe freely,
I breathe in peace,
I breathe in joy,
I breathe in trust.
In faith and confidence I breathe in the essence of God,
I breathe in the nature of the One who can only respond from a heart of love.