It’s hard to believe, but in just a little over a week, we’ll be on our way to Boston! I hope you’re as excited as I am! Don’t forget our parent meeting this Sunday night.
This week, tell us about 2 of the prayer experiences that you did. Make sure to take time on different days to try out each experience. Reflection doesn’t work very well if you’re trying to cram 4 all into one night : ) Looking forward to hearing about your experiences.
I did the one with all the questions in it. I forget what its called but I asked myself, do you have eyes but fail to see??
this question stuck out at me because so often we see problems but we fail to see what we can do about them. I asked God to help to not only see and become aware of the problems but for me to see what to be able to do about them
Jessica,
that question stuck out to me too because it’s like we do see things with our eyes but we don’t really function with them or fathom them completely.
The first excersise I did was Praying with colors. I took a couple of the fruits of the spirit, and wrote the word in the color that I think represents them. Of course Love was red, but I really thought about what the color makes me feel like and matched them with the word.
Another one was, breakfast with Jesus. I went out side with a blanket, and laid in my woods. Being in God’s creation helped me to think even more about him. As I closed my eyes and thought about Him, it made me feel like God was sitting there right beside me, and comforting me. It was Ahh-mazing!!!!
How you were talking about the colors I always think of hope when I see the color orange. Every time i see orange i remember Gods undived hope for us
Wow, I’m not the first one to blog this time! :0
Anyways..the first excercise that I did was Awareness Examen. I liked this one because I never realized that little things in my life could make my feel alive and others not so much. That was a huge learning experience.
I also did Praying With Colors ( a few minutes ago actually), it was pretty sweet. My painting came out to be a bunch of different colored swirls. I think that means that with God, I have freedom. I can be a daughter of God in my own way and it’s amazing! It’s colorful and free.
“I think that means that with God, I have freedom. I can be a daughter of God in my own way and it’s amazing! It’s colorful and free.”
With God, you have freedom. That is so awesome! God will never judge you for who you are and what you’ve done.
That just made my day
Haha.
That is soooo cool how you said that you can be a daughter of God in your own way, and how when you’re with God you have freedom. I never thought of that before! Wonderful Thinking! Hahaha
I loved the praying with colors excercise. I thought that was a fun new way to approch prayer.
Another excersice I did was breakfast with Jesus. I really liked this one because I was talking to Jesus. I felt like this was a really good excercise to hear what Jesus thinks you need to do in the problems we face.
I like all the differnet ways to pray too.
The praying with colors was an interesting exercise I was acctually just doing it. I think almost all the exercises are interesting and new ways to come closer to God through prayer.
Hi,
One of the prayer experiences I did this week was, “Awareness Examen”. Doing this experience, it made me realize the different things that I do in a day and if they make me more alive, or not. I thought it put a unique way to use prayer and it helps you know where you’re at in your life and the different decisions you make in a day.
The other prayer experience I did was “Praying with Colors” My picture came out as a bunch of different colored and shaped figures. I think that showed me that my association with God is distinctive from others and that my prayers are always going to be incomparable to other prayers that I have which was very interesting.
I like how you said that your prayers are distinctive from any other prayer you have. I think that is interesting, and really unique. To me, it is sort of having a whole bunch of brothers and sisters (even though I only have one brother). No matter how many there are, even though you’re all related, they are all different in their own way and will never be the same as any other sibling. Nice Job, I really liked that!!!
The first exercise I did was “Praying with Colors.” To me this was a very interesting technique for prayer. I am very creative and loved the idea of using art as a way of prayer. I used many different colors and design patterns to express different things. I used blue swirls to represent safety and smart thinking. I made a pink zigzag with a break in it to represent caring for other people. I used purple half circles to represent giving myself to help others, just like how they have the purple heart. I made small waves of green to remind me to not be filled with envy, one of the seven deadly sins. I made big red zigzags to represent love and compassion. I made big yellow triangles to represent the sun, and have God shine His light on all of us, and lead us the right way. I think God is trying to tell me, that when I’m in Boston, we need to show compassion and love to people, because they need to be loved and cared for. We need God’s light to shine on all of us, and lead ourselves and others in the direction of Heaven. We need to be appreciative of what we have, because we are fortunate enough to have these things that others may not. We need to give ourselves to God and others because they need our help. He wants us to be safe and make smart decisions in the big city. God cares for all of us, and he wants us to show that care towards others too.
The other exercise I did was “Awareness Examen.” This was a good exercise. For me the most alive part of me that day, was actually when I got to go out and get a pair of sunglasses that I wanted and sort of needed. The least alive part of me that day, was right before when my mom told me I was not allowed to go, since I didn’t make a list and get a sleeping bag out for the missions trip. I now notice that I only seemed happy when I got what I wanted. I gave the most love, when I got what I wanted and was giving the least amount of love when I was upset and didn’t get my way. I prayed and asked God to help me with this. It is a real problem and I need it to be different. I change once something like this happens, because I don’t want to deal with it. But I need to deal with it, and with the realization of how negative I become when I get upset. I am praying and trying to change!
My first one was praying with colors this was fun and made me feel good because it felt like god was right there and he answered my prayer and helped me. when i pray am sometimes nervous but it makes me feel good.
my second one was awareness examen when i was most alive was when i was at the mission trip in 6th grade it felt like everything was good and perfect. the time when i was least alive was one day nothing seemed right and nothing sounded good or fun and god would help me through it.
I chose the praying with colors and the breakfast with Jesus. The praying with colors one was very fun and it got me thinking a lot because of all the questions. The breakfast one was very vivid and interesting. I liked both of these prayer experiences a lot. (Two of my favorites so far
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One of the prayer experiences i did was the awareness examen. while i was just sitting there i felt God sit down with me and put a hand on my shoulder and told me He would provide. i felt so much better after i was done.
Another prayer experience was the praying with colors. The image that came to me was a dog, because this past week my dog had a (seziure?) and i was so upset i was crying. and i guess God wants me to feel that way when i look at how i treat what he does for me. i should be so sad at how i treat him i should cry.