Light On Dark Water

When praying for someone else, I often find it hard to know exactly what to pray for.  I pray for the other's salvation, of course, and that whatever is going on in his or her life will bring him closer to God. And surely it's okay to leave it at that. But sometimes I want to say more, but it's difficult for me merely to find the words, especially if I feel strongly. I mean, if a friend asks you to pray for her grandmother, whom you've never met, you do it, but it's not the same as praying for someone to whom you're close. So I really liked this bit from Maisie Ward's biography of Caryll Houselander:

And in another letter [Caryll] gives the advice, if one can find no words, just to repeat a name to God again and again, "Knowing that He knew all that was behind that name, and keeping it, so to speak, in His ears all day."