Prayer 2

Have you ever felt like you just couldn't pray? Things keep entering your thoughts or something pops up that needs your immediate attention and you just can't pray. You want to pray. You may even go into another room to get quiet and be alone yet, you just can't pray. I have felt this way. It happened to me this morning. The harder I tried to get quiet with God and pray the more I felt like I couldn't. Then I remembered the story of Samuel I had read a few weeks ago. I was struggling at that time too and the story of God calling to him really resonated with me so I answered the same way Samuel did. "Here am I, Lord." I can't tell you the peace that swept over me at that time. By giving myself completely over to God, Here am I, Lord, I set myself free. And that is what I did this morning. I wanted to pray ever so desperately but I just couldn't get my heart and mind to cooperate with my desire and then I remembered Samuel. I begin to pray, "Here am I, Lord. Here am I. Me an unworthy sinner with all my faults and failures, Here am I. Willing to be used by You." If we make ourselves available to Him, He will come to us. And that is just what He did with me. This morning. Right at this moment. God is near!

Prayer

Keep Praying! That is my thought for today. I have found myself simply going through the motions and falling back into the old habit of thinking that just because I did my reading of the Bible with my devotional book and wrote a small prayer in my journal that I am okay. Well, I am not okay. I have been going through the motions and not taking the time to make it real and I am suffering. My attitude, my relationships, my physical body, all of it has been affected. Then this morning it hit me - I haven't been praying like I should have been. The small quick prayers are like a "Hi" in the morning to the person you are closest too and not speaking again till the next morning with another quick "Hi" to them. The relationship suffers! And so it is with my walk with Jesus. There has to be time for communication with Him. He created me to be in a relationship with Him and without that I can't function. I am very thankful this morning that we can have communion with Jesus and that He loves me and you so very much. So when you find yourself wondering what is wrong, take time to Pray and then keep on praying. He wants to talk to you!

Blogging

I have started keeping a journal with my daily devotions this year. I was given the most wonderful little devotional book for Christmas to help keep me on track with all of it. I must say that it has helped me in ways that only God could see happening. I am very thankful for this whole experience which has led me to this blog and to try my hand at writing it along with my devotionals. Some days I might not have very much to say or possibly not anything at all but I hope you will join me as we take this daily walk to becoming a new person with the help of Jesus. Without Him I am nothing, with Him I am everything I am supposed to be.