{"id":148753799,"date":"2024-09-11T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=148753799"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:02:09","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-prayer-for-an-abundant-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=148753799","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Prayer for an Abundant Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer to kindle the things that give us hope.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1f5372f9-a1e3-419a-ae36-4ca43bc5030a_6016x4016.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a sparkler in the dark, the light shining out in a straight line with many tiny sparks around it.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jeztimms?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Jez Timms<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-bunch-of-fireworks-that-are-in-the-dark-r4lM2v9M84Q?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>This prayer was inspired by a card I recently pulled from my Brighid Oracle deck, as well as personal musings about what might be missing in the world. While the simple and vibrant joys of our youth can\u2019t solve all of the world\u2019s issues, I think the world is sorely missing them to its detriment.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer for an Abundant Heart<\/h3><p>O Brighid,<\/p><p>pierce the hearts of those who long for the whimsies of youth<\/p><p>and release what was shuttered away in them with Your fiery arrow.<\/p><p>Let the flames illuminate the falsehoods that smothered their inner flames.<\/p><p>May those flames flow uninhibited<\/p><p>into their spirits,<\/p><p>their minds,<\/p><p>and their bodies.<\/p><p>May You strike true<\/p><p>to bring forth peace,<\/p><p>to spark imaginations,<\/p><p>to birth art in its fullness,<\/p><p>so that hearts are sated and abundant.<\/p><p>By Sky,<\/p><p>By Land,<\/p><p>By Sea.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer to kindle the things that give us hope.<\/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-148753799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148753799","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=148753799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148753799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148753799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148753799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148753799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}