I have been sitting here trying to figure out what to write
on the blog… I write a few lines and then I delete it thinking that isn’t what
I should be writing and then I write again and delete again. Tonight my mind is racing wondering what God
wants me to do, what the purpose is of this life, if I make a difference. For whatever reason I always get this way
when I have something that I really want prayer for but I don’t know who or how
to share it?
See I learned with Zach’s illness and his death that I am an
extremely private person… I learned that
I don’t like exposing myself to others or asking for help. I am very much the one that others come to
and I am very much the one that helps others, so being able to share and to
allow others to help me is extremely hard.
So I sit here… thinking about prayer.
What is prayer?
Prayer the simple act of thinking or saying words to God,
having a conversation with God, often not hearing or knowing a response
sometimes it is script of words that are always the same and sometimes it is
literally the cry of our hearts. Prayer
is interesting because you can always pray for a person, sometimes we pray when
someone comes to mind but doesn’t have to be because we know something or
because we know of a situation. It
simply can be because the person came to mind.
I often pray for the people that I work with, parents of children,
friends at church, and friends that I want to be closer with. I often stop and ask God to put His tender
and loving arms around a close friend because it might look a tad weird to just
hug and be in tears. Prayer presenting
our requests, desires, and hopes before God.
Prayer is often something you can ask for and know that
without spilling your guts someone will lift you up to God and ask for His arms
to be around you. I often don’t put
myself out there but there are times when being picked up by God and placed on
His lap with His AMAZING arms around you is what you need. Tonight I asked a friend to pray because I
was too embarrassed to say anything else… her response was “ok that is the
great thing about prayer, I can be across the world and I don’t need to know
all the details and I can help, I can show you I care by praying”
That comment got me thinking… do I pray for my friends? I do
but do I really pray? Do I lift every detail of their life up? Do I pray for
children, spouses, work, and all the intimate details? All the details that no
one would be willing to share but that God knows… without telling us, GOD
KNOWS!!! My goal is to be a better
friend, to pray more and to life them up to God more.
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