(April 10, 2020)
Pray Your Way Through Life
This morning, while praying, I thanked God for helping me with everything, literally, every single little thing in my life, big problems, average, everyday problems, all the way down to trivial, almost imaginary problems. I've been a praying Christian for over 30 years now, and am now at the point of literally praying over everything, giving Him my burdens, anxieties, questions, frustrations, obstacles, and everything else - and He brings light to the dark for me. He never fails me. I trust Him for everything and can't imagine not knowing Him now.
As I was praying earlier, I thought, and said to Him, "if only I had known You all along - if only I had been praying to You all along, throughout my childhood. If only I had prayed my way through my whole life...", and my mind reflected on a series of situations and problems throughout my childhood and teenage years that would have been completely different had I known Him, and that I could go to Him in prayer, on my own, for help with every little thing. If only I would have known!
So, I can't go back in time, and tell 8 year old me that those priests at Mass aren't helping me in my walk with God, no, they're not even teaching me to walk on my own with God, not in the slightest, so go through the motions child, be obedient, but at home, in your own room, you, even you, at 8 years old, can get on your knees and pray to Him. God is your Dad and He loves you. He will hear your prayers and help you through everything. When you need to cry, you can go and cry to Him and tell Him what's wrong, and He will listen. He cares. And He will help you... No, I can't go back in time and say those things to childhood me, but I can do my part to tell others about Him, now.
I think of all the children and teenagers everywhere who don't know Him, or anything about Him, except maybe the lies they have been told, or that He's not real, or that He's "everywhere and inside all of us" (universal, new age junk). I think of them and want them to know that there is a light in this dark world, and His name is Jesus Christ, and Jesus is Lord, He is God - and He loves them all so much, and wants them all to come and get to know Him, and trust Him for everything, and be healed and set free and saved by Him. And that He cares for every detail in our lives, He cares about our schooling, our friends, our activities, even our pets. He cares about everything going on in our lives, and we can pray about everything, on our own, with nobody else around. Just you and Jesus.
His Word tells us not to make a long show out of prayer, not to go on and on with endless words, thinking God will hear us more if we use more words (for that purpose), but when we pray, to go into our room (but any private place will do), shut the door, and pray. This is available to us all, even those who don't know Him.
Call on the name of Jesus, and He will hear you. He loves you so much. He is the way to life, He is the light, and the love, the help, the comfort, the wisdom, the truth, the peace, and the joy. Jesus is the One. The only One. And he loves you beyond anything you can imagine.
amycat1010
Fri. April 10, 2020
