A Prayer When We Fall

Lord, we are so eager to take giant steps in our desire to please You.  We want to go from point A to point C, forgetting that there is a point B in-between.  Give us patience to take one step at a time as we move ahead to fulfill your purposes for us.  We know there is as much purpose in point B as there is in points A and C.  Help us remember we can only arrive at the place of your choosing as we allow You to order our steps.    

O God, even when we take a step at a time, we sometimes stumble and fall.  Often it is of our own doing… we truly know better.  But in our humanness we make mistakes or sin, even though our hearts are devoted to You.  You reassure us in your unfailing love, as your arms reach down to pick us up and lift us to pleasant places.  When circumstances cause us to stumble, we cry to You and your faithfulness makes us rise to heights of joy unspeakable. 

Lord, when we stumble and fall, give us strength to get up again.  Help us to see we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.  Remind us that there are no limits to your forgiveness and grace, and there is nothing that can separate us from your love.

In Your Son’s Name.  Amen.                   

A Lesson in Prayer

Recently as I prayed, I asked God for reassurance that my heart was pure in the path I was walking before Him.  I was looking for something big, a sign from heaven that would shake me and get my attention.  Maybe the formation of the clouds would spell out “YES” or I would have a dream or vision laying out God’s will for me. 

It did not happen that way.  But God did answer my prayer through the caring words of a friend who affirmed how I was living my life and assured me that God knew my heart and was pleased with it.  This was not the way my mind expected the answer, but my heart knew God was speaking to me.  It was God’s answer to my prayer! 

The answers to our prayers often come in quiet ways, many times by means so familiar and ordinary that we don’t see them..  But they are God’s answers nonetheless, as surely as any sign from heaven.  How easily we can miss them in our desire for the spectacular.     

Learning to listen for God’s quiet but clear answers is so important and I, for one, need to cultivate a listening heart.. 

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