Praying with a Painting: Streams of living water

Last week I was surrounded in beauty – the gorgeousness of people encountering God through prayer and the wonders of creation with sea, streams, and sky. This week my view is definitely smaller, down to two rooms in our vicarage as I isolate from the family to avoid spreading covid. But I can look at my dad’s amazing art and use it as a pointer for prayer.

I love his abstract take on this stream – I can verily hear the water gurgling along as I inhale deeply. Why not join me in pausing to pray while using a passage from Scripture to focus your mind and heart:

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” (John 7:37–38, NIV)