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Julie's avatar

I love this Rendition. What struck me so strongly this time reading (that I missed before) was the way in which you open with a ''she". That is lovely!

"And settest me before thy face forever."

Janna Y. Barber's avatar

I really like the image of "slender thread(s)of prayer(s)" being wrapped around God's fingers.

Rachel S. Donahue's avatar

“I was never good at hiding what I suffered.

I knew something was wrong,

But found the wrong names for it.

My head ached. I barely ate. I lost weight.”

Spot on. And then that last stanza lands so well!

I really love that image of wrapping our prayers like a string around God’s finger.