Monday, June 14, 2010

Praying Without Ceasing III

A couple of months ago, I felt burdened.  Burdened by things I was going through, burdened by things friends were going through, even burdened by things patient's were going through.  Obviously, the only thing I could do was pray.  But you know how it is.  Let's be honest, sometimes, prayer just doesn't seem like enough.  We want to do something.  Sometimes we can.  Sometimes, we can go and hug someone, take them a meal, buy them a coffee,  but if they are far away those sorts of things just aren't possible and it can be frustrating. 
I am learning, however, that prayer is the first and best thing we can do for someone.  First, having a solid prayer life can make us more in tune with God.  I mean, if we never talk to our friends, how can we connect with them.  Facebook is a prime example of this.  We learn what is going on in their lives, their struggles, their funny anecdotes, their successes.  We feel closer to them for that.  We need to have that same relationship with God.  If we are communicating with Him regularly, I really believe we will be able to hear Him more.  Sometimes, that voice, that urging, that gut feeling, is God communicating with us.  But it is easy to ignore, easy to think following through on it is not that important.  There have been times in my life where I have felt that urging to do something and I ignored it.  I almost always regret it. But it is usually something I cannot go back and change.  I had my opportunity and lost it.  Then there have been times where I have felt an urging that was seemingly small or insignificant and I followed through and not only did I bless someone in the process but I was blessed as well.
So back to when I was feeling overwhelmed, burdened by the cares of the world and overwhelmed with it all, I had a thought.  An urging.  It is about this blog.  It is something that will take more of my time but it is an extension of this journey that I have been going on with my prayer life.  So obviously, the first thing I have been doing is praying about it.  And I continue to feel the urging and confirmation from other sources that it is what I am supposed to do.  I am being vague I know but I don't really have all the details worked out.  But stay tuned.  I am hoping to make the changes by the end of July if not sooner.  And now that I have written it out there for the world to see (or the few people that read this) I am even more committed to it. 
I am hoping you will continue to share this journey with me.