Visual Prayer: My First Time

In my Friday's Fave Five post, I mentioned that I'd recently become aware of Visual Prayer.  Even though I have no drawing ability whatsoever, I decided to give it a try.  I made a conscious decision not to be intimidated by the examples that Michelle has posted on the Visual Prayer gallery, but to do it my own way.  Part of that, too, was the realization that putting my effort into trying to make a beautiful drawing would pull my attention away from the prayer.

I found that this technique was very helpful for me.  I tend to be distracted during my quiet time, and having a visual and kinesthetic focus helped me to keep my mind on prayer and meditation.  For these first few, I've mostly been using psalms--some as written and some paraphrased.

Whether to share these online has been a challenging decision.  Sharing my prayers--even though the words are not my own--feels like revealing something intensely personal, because you're going to see exactly what was on my heart at the time (last week). I'll post a few, but please be kind. :)


What do you think?  Is this something that you might be interested in trying?