Poetic Intercession

Are you praying for a friend who is struggling with health problems or a chronic illness? My friend and mentor, Randy White, has written an incredible book called Poetic Intercessions: Artful Prayers for a Friend (Harmon Press, 2010). Over the course of a year, he prayed creatively and specifically for a friend who was very sick. I would highly recommend using this book as a resource in your prayer life for your friends who are battling long-term illnesses. Here is one of the prayer-poems from the book:

Blazing Presence,
Singe my friend this day with the
Radiant danger of a life-giving force at his side.
Pump the baffle;
Pick him up gently with the tongs of your Son's hands,
Glowing with the Spirit's fever,
Clutch him lovingly, excruciatingly with your
Burning fingers that touched so many cold and dying;
That hold the frozen universe and warm earth together
All things alive and together,
Surrounding his heart and head to purify and refine.
Move him to your white-hot core,
Blazing Presence,
For the praise of your bright Glory.