Have you ever heard, “It’s more blessed to give than receive”? In “The Gift of Prayer (part 1),” I explained how sometimes, when I pray for others, I get encouragement for them. It’s often in the form of a poem. I’ve had people bless me this way, particularly during cancer. Sometimes, it is a phone call, email, or text; they share a song other times. It’s a gift when someone reaches out to me in my time of need, in my desperation with God. God designed it to be just as much as a gift to me when I am the giver.

"In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20:35 WEB

When Prayer Becomes Poetry

Many of my poems reflect what God might say. I don’t hear Him audibly, but I feel His guidance flow through me in poetry. These poems are inklings, feelings, and messages that rise from my heart and mind and pour onto the page. I am not a scribe taking dictation; my intercessory poetry comes from the heart, from my human soul, and my penchant for loving rhyme and metaphor.

One of my poems, “The Sky and the Moon,” encourages us to put God on the throne of our hearts, so His light can shine through us to the world. Each time I write or pray this way, I am reminded: giving our hearts, words, and prayers is a gift that blesses others—and ourselves.

I pray this poem blesses you as you reflect on the gift of giving in your own life.