It may sound funny, but prayer is something I’ve worked on most of my life. I was blessed with relatives and church elders that could lead groups with powerful prayers. My dad witnessed to me the role of prayer in his day-to-day life as each evening he kneeled by his bedside. I would see him kneeling as a bounded into their bedroom as a young child or while sharing a hotel room as we traveled as a family. I hold that powerful imagine in my mind today. So the importance of a daily prayer life was clearly modeled for me. I memorized prayers as a child, read books and even took classes as an adult and yet, it may be those prayers that have sprung into my heart, or tumbled around in my head unformed, that really have made all the difference for me.
For when I stop and look back, I see God’s grace. I see the people and events that he has placed into my life. People who have influenced me, blessed me, and saved me. When I reflect, I see God has provided for me, even when I struggled with how to ask. Like the well known poem about the single set of footsteps, I realize I’ve been carried.
So today, I stop and reflect. See today as I write, I am carrying a burden and am very restless. I am struggling for direction in a new career, seeking guidance, trying to find the path. And I have been praying and seeking God frequently. As I look for answers and struggle with uncertainty, I remind myself of the loving, faithful God I know. The God that has made all the difference in my life, even in those times I didn’t know how or remember how to pray. And I know when I look back on this time, my heart will be filled and my faith strengthened as I see God’s hand at work in my life.
Prayer: Loving, gracious father, open our hearts and minds to see your purpose for our lives. Help us to build on the witness of your love and move forward in faith. Amen.
Prayer concern: Those seeking God’s guidance for direction in their lives.
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