Petition to the One who cares the most
Morning prayer and Bible study. Praying for others' needs and well being. This gesture is a constant in my life since I was a little girl and it is the only gesture of care I rely on when all other means for caring do not help or are simply beyond human capacity. I got to understand the value of the prayer from my childhood. My parents prayed a lot with me and for me, and looking back I can say that most of their prayers were answered beyond expectations. This gesture of care makes me aware that God is the One who cares the most and the best for everyone but many times He does that through precious human souls who care to listen to His gentle promptings. I believe prayer is the most powerful and effective gesture of care someone can do for others in need! But it definitely should be accompanied by physical and specific gestures of care that are needed or requested. I set the Prayer on the first place in my list of care gestures, because it truly works and reaches in places where every other ways of care fail, or cannot reach! God is caring, trustworthy and eager to answer our prayers much sooner than we could imagine! Reflecting some more on this subject now, I think prayer is not easy, cause it makes us step out of our own self-sufficiency, out of our own comfort zone, and opens us up for God's promptings, enabling us to do things (sometimes even for the very matter we prayed for) which we would not have done otherwise. And this needs to be experienced in daily practice to be fully understood! Have the courage to try!
Morning prayer and Bible study. Praying for others' needs and well being.
This gesture is a constant in my life since I was a little girl and it is the only gesture of care I rely on when all other means for caring do not help or are simply beyond human capacity. I got to understand the value of the prayer from my childhood. My parents prayed a lot with me and for me, and looking back I can say that most of their prayers were answered beyond expectations. This gesture of care makes me aware that God is the One who cares the most and the best for everyone but many times He does that through precious human souls who care to listen to His gentle promptings.
I believe prayer is the most powerful and effective gesture of care someone can do for others in need! But it definitely should be accompanied by physical and specific gestures of care that are needed or requested. I set the Prayer on the first place in my list of care gestures, because it truly works and reaches in places where every other ways of care fail, or cannot reach! God is caring, trustworthy and eager to answer our prayers much sooner than we could imagine! Reflecting some more on this subject now, I think prayer is not easy, cause it makes us step out of our own self-sufficiency, out of our own comfort zone, and opens us up for God's promptings, enabling us to do things (sometimes even for the very matter we prayed for) which we would not have done otherwise. And this needs to be experienced in daily practice to be fully understood! Have the courage to try!
Keywords:
reliance, confidence, certainty, support, uplift, protection, belonging, comfort, connection, courage, empowerment, faith, hope, inspiration, love, nourishment, peace, reverence, strength, trust
Action Words:
devotion, supplication, thanksgiving, love, thoughtfulness, inspiration, comfort, relief, contemplation, consideration, listening, meditation, offering, prayer