The Prayer Thread is a collection of teachings and practical prompts to help as we learn to pray in community. This text was originally delivered on December 7th, 2022 as a short teaching at our online weekly prayer sit.
To pray in wholeness is to show up in prayer primarily from the “already” side of the “already-but-not-yet” equation. This posture of prayer in wholeness sees the glass not just as half full, but as abundantly overflowing. This prayer posture recognizes the Good in all creatures and creation, the work of redemption as already accomplished, even if not yet completed. This prayer posture holds deep trust and unwavering faith that even when things go terribly wrong, and seem unfairly tragic, things will still somehow be okay. Good will always overcome evil. Love always and already wins, heals, and wholes.
A posture of prayer from wholeness does not negate the negative or dismiss darkness. The posture of prayer from wholeness is strong and stable enough to withstand the weight and pressures that accompany the tensions of opposites. The posture of prayer in wholeness can rest, at ease in the sacred assurance of the constancy of the Love that accomplishes healing and readies wholeness.
Prayers of wholeness reply “yes” to petitions not yet even asked. Prayers of wholeness sweep the pray-er away in a dance of gladness before the object of joy can even be found. Prayers of wholeness restore harmony in relationships even as the act of rupture is taking place. May we all, more often than not, offer our prayers from a posture of wholeness!
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