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.)<\/p>\n
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\u00a0convicting, and to the deeper point.<\/p>\n
Here’s a recent . . .<\/p>\n
Lord,<\/em> Hyatt,<\/em> We’re born to “do,” but first to “be,” which starts with taking in some air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6307"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10711,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307\/revisions\/10711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Here I am again, back with you and my thoughts. <\/em>
\nI see you and what you did in your brief years. <\/em>
\nMe, I’m so full of sin (at worst) or distraction (at best). <\/em>
\nHaving begun with a zeal, <\/em>
\ngot bumped around, <\/em>
\nbumped myself around, <\/em>
\ntaking advantage of your grace, <\/em>
\ndissipating . . . <\/em>
\nlike a tire going out of air. <\/em>
\nStill moving, but barely . . . and not looking too good either. <\/em>
\nFill me again, and let’s get rolling.<\/em>
\n Sincerely,<\/em>
\n Hyatt<\/em><\/p>\n
\n My breath is always here. Always breathing out. Full of Holy Spirit. <\/em>
\nI breathe out . . . you breathe in. Fill your lungs with me. <\/em>
\nNot your brain. That too, but will follow,
\nnow just breathe in. <\/em>
\nThat’s first and always. <\/em>
\nRemember, Adam got that first. <\/em>
\nBreathe in. <\/em>
\nWithout that you’re nothing, and can never be. <\/em>
\n“Be,” that’s first; then “do.” <\/em>
\nFor both of these you need to breathe. <\/em>
\nI’m here, and will always be.<\/em>
\n Sincerely too,<\/em>
\n Your God, Your Life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"