I can blog enough to catch up and still blog on the exact day!
Today, we made it back to church. I might not have been moved by the music today, but I was inspired by the message. The pastor preached out of Luke 18:1. He pointed out (and I love this), that Luke went ahead and pointed out the summary, before he told the parrable that Jesus shared.
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
I felt this overwhelming urge to improve my prayer life. I feel comfortable talking to God, but the pastor reminded me to pray like a child does. Or ask like a child does. He joked, by saying that when our kids ask us for something they don't say, "Oh Father, we are not worthy of dessert because we did not eat all of our dinner, but if it pleases you can you bless us with some dessert." Instead, they say, "can I have dessert" or at my house, "Mommy, get me dessert!" It is not that I don't want to be respectful, but especially when I pray out loud, I am sure that I will mess up or sound unsure or uneasy. I should have faith and let the Holy Spirit take over and just talk to God. It is really not that hard.
So tonight I will work on my prayer to God, for myself and my children.
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