Three simple words from the text I am studying for Sunday.
Walk in love
My meditations on these words have been sweet.
I looked up prayers about love in my very favorite book of prayer, The Valley of Vision.
If you do not have The Valley of Vision you need to go to grace books or amazon or whichever online retailer you prefer and get it. You will not be disappointed.
It is a book that you cannot read without being moved to prayer. What is more, the prayers you pray will be richer, fuller, and deeper that those which you would have prayed without the help of this wise, old book.
(While you are at it, if you are so inclined, get a gift for Patricia or John or Wayne or Darien or Dan. How about your children’s Sunday school teacher? Or the usher who gave you a bulletin last Sunday?)
Here is part of the prayer I just looked up. It is entitled, The Prayer of Love
Gracious Lord, thy name is love,in love receive my prayerLook to the cross of thy beloved Son,and view the preciousness of his atoning blood;listen to his never-failing intercession,and whisper to my heart,‘Thy sins are forgiven.’May the matter of my prayer be always wise, humble, submissive, obedient, scriptural, Christ-like.Give me unwavering faith that my supplications are never in vain,that if I seem not to obtain my petitions I shall have larger, richer answers, surpassing all that I ask or think.Unsought, thou has given me the greatest gift,the person of thy Son,and in him thou wilt give me all I need.