the wonder of prayer

this year has been an interesting one of prayer for Kelly and I. I think we have learned a bunch about it, yet there is so much more to know, so much I doubt that I could live long enough to ever get it all. Prayers are answered yet something that I've noticed that is even greater than that is it seems that when we really get into prayer, when we get beyond the reading off the wish list to God, we are given hints about stuff. I guess sometimes it is to let us know what to pray for?!? but also I think to make it so that we aren't so blown away when our prayers get answered. in the last couple of weeks, Kelly and I have seen prayer answered in big ways for two couples that we have been praying for and this weekend I shared with a friend that Kelly and I had been praying for him in a particular area and felt that this year we would see something big come out of it, his response was 'that is confirmation for me, there is no way you could know about this unless God shared that with you, thank you'. What perplexes me the most is that in it all, I'm not doing anything...it is all God, yet for some reason he chooses to include us in it. I'm not worthy, and I could think of others who are better qualified and would make better vehicles for this stuff. Not all prayers are answered the way we want, and sometimes it feels as if they never are but when I look at my life I can’t honestly say that God has ignored my requests or me. even in the times that what I wanted, what I thought the end result should be was much different than the way things panned out...like cancer, but that is for another post.

Prayer. It is so simple yet the effects are so overreaching, not only can prayer change things, it can change us. Bringing us closer to God the whole time. If you have never done it, it as simple as asking God to be in your life and if you are a pro you know that getting back to basics is often the most advanced thing you can do. Wherever you are in life’s journey, I pray that God would bless you immensely and that His purpose would be done in your life.