The quiet on the blog has had two causes. One is the busyness I mentioned above and the other has been the lack of inspiration when it seemed as if there was some time to write. This morning I thought that I might write something, if I had a topic to write on. But now, late in the afternoon, I spent an hour-plus on a Zoom meeting that wasn’t on my calendar, and I still haven’t had any thoughts to write on. Well, not until 15 minutes or so ago.
What happened was this: I told Robin that I was heading to my office, to work on some lesser things. Friday is my usual day off. As Thursday winds down the major tasks of the week are done but there are some minor things I could take care of yet before dinner. So I went into my office, closed the door, sat in my chair. Then I folded my hands and bowed my head to pray.
Right before I came into my office Robin had been telling me about a phone conversation she had, noting that two very ill people we’ve been praying for seem to be taking a turn for the worse. As I sat down whatever I had intended to do got pushed aside as I felt drawn to pray for these two people. And praying for them reminded me of a number of other people to pray for. A person who was ill. A person whose spouse just passed away. Another person on hospice care. A person with a very troubled life situation. A person dear to my heart who has no desire for the Lord.
It is said that God works in mysterious ways. That was certainly true for me today, in the simple act of being drawn to prayer rather than following the intended plan of the tasks at hand.
Considering the kinds of things that the people I prayed for
are facing, prayer doesn’t really seem to be much. But they are prayers lifted
to the Lord God Almighty, who always works according to His purposes, and for His
glory. Prayer may often seem like a little thing, but it is never a lesser thing.
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