Prayer
Pray.
Does God listen?
Do you ever feel like when you pray your words get flung into the abyss? Maybe sometimes, you are faced with a big decision and there is no direction. You wonder, is God even listening to my pleas?
You pray for protection.
You pray for help in overcoming an almost irresistible temptation.
Maybe you feel like you have no inspiration for the day so you sigh another little prayer. The tasks and responsibilities facing you is one huge mountain you simply cannot scale on your own.
Pray.
Do we listen?
You awake to a breathtaking sunrise. The cool air washes your face as you step outside. The birds chirp a good morning.
You are at the lake and fish splash in and out of the water.
At dusk the stars appear one by one until the whole sky is filled with the twinkling dots. They wink at you standing so far beneath them. You spot the constellations that really don’t have much purpose but aren’t they a joy to find?
As you drive down the road a kaleidoscope of colorful flowers wave at you from the ditches.
You hear a baby’s first giggle.
Do you remember to sigh a prayer of thanks for these beauties all around us?
Pray.
Does God listen?
How I wish sometimes I could understand the full extent of how MUCH God cares for each one of us. He created each human special and He loves us so much. Do you not think it makes Him happy when we sigh all those small maybe sometimes insignificant prayers throughout our day? I believe it makes Him smile.
Pray.
God listens.
.sjp.
I saw the last two sentences- “Pray. God listens.”- on a billboard which inspired this piece for a writing prompt back in October and now I got inspired to share it with you.
