Ponderable

On Sunday our pastor preached about prayer. One thing he said that really stuck with me was the following....


"If all of your prayers from the past 30 days came true, would things change in the world or just your world?"


It didn't take me long to reflect on this question to know the answer. I'm afraid mine is the latter. All my "please" prayers just deal with me.

"Please let me do a good job as a counselor."
"Please bless us with a child."
"Thank you for all of your blessings, and can you please do (insert many requests here)."
"Please let my actions and words honor You."
"Please keep us safe this summer."

See a trend.....

The above are my "me" prayers.

I'm committed to change this. I read a book not too long ago about a girl who kept a prayer journal. I'm thinking this might be a good idea for me. When someone mentions a crises or problem in their life, I blanketly say, "I'll be praying for you." Sometimes I remember. But if I say I'm going to do something, I need to really go through with it ALL the time. To be honest, I forget a lot of times. I find that my prayer at night is, "And Lord if there's anything I forgot, I know you've got it covered." Lame! I need to do a better job of this. Plus I love journals. And since the words "teacher," "summer vacation," and "shopping" all belong together, I'll be shopping for a cute prayer journal soon.