PRAYERS

I am praying for some very difficult situations and feel the need to find assurance in my prayers. Scripture says God has put eternity in our hearts Ecclesiastes 3:3 and it helps me to be reminded that faith is a gift of God that he puts in our hearts as a part of the creation process. I have faith that prayers are thoughts that we put into words and create a deeper love for God, who listens, and for those we are praying for.

Last night as I asked for prayer for baby Elsie the friend who prayed had lost three small children herself and I never knew this about her. We knew as she prayed for healing there was also the reality this may not be meant to be. The parents will need strength and courage to live each day.

In our small group we had two people without jobs, one has found a job. Two people have just had their mother's died and another has his mother in critical condition.
One man has a serious heart condition and another couple have a daughter addicted to heroin. We talk about the sermon from the past week but then we pray. It is then the closeness to God becomes real.

I believe as each of us believe that His love is with us, in the love expressed in our prayers. Love that whispers in the wind, in the beautiful sounds the leaves make as a gentle breeze stirs the; in the storms of life and in the calm of a lake that seems to stretch forever. Nature heals and stirs our hearts to have faith in the unknown. God heals not because of our faith but because he has compassion and love for us all. God also grieves when we grieve and sharing with others helps lighten our loads.

"Do not be afraid, for I am with you," Genesis 26:24

We all have had people disappoint us and crush the very life out of our spirit but God is a healing presence that surrounds us and restores us and at times carries us.
We all carry grief but there is healing.