Captivate Me: A Prayer

During a writer's workshop last year, I penned this simple prayer. My word for 2012 was "captivated," and this prayer embodied what I wanted my year to be. In case you're wondering, my word for 2013 is PRAYER. :-) 

Captivate me, Father,

with your beauty.

The radiance

of Your holiness,

raining down

 like a million brilliant diamonds

   upon a world in need of Light.

 

Captivate me, Father,

until I am torn away

from the things of this earth –

useless, meaningless things

that keep me from experiencing

all that You are.

 

Captivate me, Father,

with your goodness

that never ends,

and your grace

that never stops giving.

 

Captivate me, Father,

until all that I see

is Your beauty,

all that I dwell on

is Your face,

all that I want

 is You.

 

Captivate me.