Prayers
For
Healing
And
Health
The power of prayer in promoting health is well documented; these words set out to look at wellbeing in all sorts of ways. Some of the prayers are not directly about health but explore ideas that can make us feel better – like inspiration and even prayer itself.
Prayer to Challenge Depression
There is gloom
And the sound of gloom
And the vision of gloom
And maybe
A place of gloom
Which can lie in the heart
And that gloom
Is known to many of us
And we know
It can be there
In the morning and at night
And can rest in the heart
It is worst at night
For time changes
The light changes
Hope changes
As if the blinds
Came down
Once and for all
But I know
And I vow
That there is light
Light as hope –
Known, felt, present
In the darkest hours
That light
Seeks out the darkest place
At the darkest moment
Before it shows itself
So slightly
Giving hope
Like the brush of a feather
Like the radiance behind a black cloud
Birdsong rising from nowhere
Joyous harmony
Conquers vicious sadness
It is the messenger of the smile
The hand of love
The laughter of freedom
Knowledge and reassurance
Making you smile again
And know peace in your heart