But as much as I believe, sometimes I don't remember. Or I think I don't have the time. I needed something to get me focused and on track.
Now I'm not a Catholic or Anglican (two churches that have structured prayer beads) but the idea of beads for prayer is an attraction for me. So with the help of the internet I did a little searching to see if there were prayer beads in my church (Lutheran) too. And I found just that.
Not structured but free style prayer beads that you can create yourself and assign their own prayer or meaning to each bead as fits your wants and needs.
Just what I needed.
And this is what I made.
I got out our hymnal and found prayers that have meaning for me and then I went shopping for beads. What I bought was mainly for feel, not appearance, because I hope to memorize all the prayers and be able to do this by feel alone.
Each bead has a prayer or person associated with it.
And so, if I have told you that I'll pray for you, you are one of these purple beads.