{"id":143453136,"date":"2024-04-10T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=143453136"},"modified":"2024-04-10T16:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:01:48","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-prayer-of-strength-and-softness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=143453136","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Prayer of Strength and Softness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer of hospitality for myself.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a7bb1cfa-b27f-4c7e-b1bd-a0fb595c7824_3024x4032.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a small, wooden loom with white yarn forming the warp and weft. A weaving needle is threaded through the warp. There are a skein of white yarn and a few bundles of colored straw nearby, with a white cloth underneath.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@_ruukee?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Ivana Matijevac<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/white-and-brown-wooden-sticks-on-white-paper-5Y-paMhTVRQ?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>Prayer of Strength and Softness<\/p><p>Brigantia,<\/p><p>Spear-bearer,<\/p><p>Weaver,<\/p><p>Hearth-keeper,<\/p><p>aid me in making a safe haven of my own.<\/p><p>Wherever that may be, let me find ways to support myself<\/p><p>so that I may provide a safe haven for others.<\/p><p>Hospitality runs on fuel, but that hearthfire cannot burn without fuel.<\/p><p>May I learn to sustain myself so that I may sustain others.<\/p><p>As You wield Your spear in defense, grant me fierceness.<\/p><p>Also, may I know tenderness, as You similarly weave gentleness.<\/p><p>May my heart, mind, and hands know strength and softness.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer of hospitality for myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143453136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143453136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143453136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143453136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143453136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143453136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143453136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}