Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thanks
Here we all are, running helter-skelter, to-and-fro, from mom's houese to grandmas to aunties, to cuz's to wifeys... all in a bid to gorge ourselves on the bounteous goodness prepared by the blessed hands of those we love and care about. We rush through our prayers or say grace with a breathless hurry... maybe even peeking at the delicacy-laden table while those holy words are being said... Maybe we're partaking of the relatively chic habit of everyone taking turns around the table and telling everyone what they're thankful for this holiday season...
But how many of us pause everyday to ponder what it is we are truly thankful for? I am thankful for the opportunity to put these words to print. I am thankful that you are here to read them. I am thankful for my family... and yours. I am thankful for my Saviour. I am thankful for my job... especially during these particularly hard economic times. I am thankful that my parents are still with me and in good health. I am thankful that my 16 year-old son doesn't do drugs, has never been shot, has never been arrested... I am thankful that the Lord saw fit to bless me with the ability to write. I am extremely grateful that I was born in a country where the political process is an amazingly peaceful process, and where my fellow Americans had the courage and foresight to vote into the highest office in the land... an African-American man - a situation that I'd sworn many times in my past would not occur in my lifetime! am grateful for every breath I take and for just waking up in the morning because I know that there are so many others that can't or didn't. I am thankful for the opportunity to be thankful. God Bless you all and may you all have a happy, healthy and Blessed Thanksgiving.
But how many of us pause everyday to ponder what it is we are truly thankful for? I am thankful for the opportunity to put these words to print. I am thankful that you are here to read them. I am thankful for my family... and yours. I am thankful for my Saviour. I am thankful for my job... especially during these particularly hard economic times. I am thankful that my parents are still with me and in good health. I am thankful that my 16 year-old son doesn't do drugs, has never been shot, has never been arrested... I am thankful that the Lord saw fit to bless me with the ability to write. I am extremely grateful that I was born in a country where the political process is an amazingly peaceful process, and where my fellow Americans had the courage and foresight to vote into the highest office in the land... an African-American man - a situation that I'd sworn many times in my past would not occur in my lifetime! am grateful for every breath I take and for just waking up in the morning because I know that there are so many others that can't or didn't. I am thankful for the opportunity to be thankful. God Bless you all and may you all have a happy, healthy and Blessed Thanksgiving.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Somebody Prayed For Me
Broken, bruised, and even betrayed, but not forgotten.
Have your burdens ever been so heavy that you didn't have the strength to pray for yourself? Your spirit is broken, your body is bruised, and you have been betrayed by those who you've trust to love and protect you. Or maybe you just feel alone and cold in this world feeling like no one understands what you're going through.
Even when you can’t find the strength to pray for yourself, someone in this world is praying for you.
The inspirational pieces in Somebody Prayed For Me only reminds us of the power of prayer.
When God’s children bend their knees and bow their heads in prayer, it’s not about knowing the person they’re praying for. It’s all about knowing and believing in God. Do you believe? Do you feel in your heart that prayer changes things?
We believe. Even in this some times violent world, there is hope if only we believe. If only we pray for each other and hold tight to our faith in God. Pray for someone because somebody already prayed for you.
Have your burdens ever been so heavy that you didn't have the strength to pray for yourself? Your spirit is broken, your body is bruised, and you have been betrayed by those who you've trust to love and protect you. Or maybe you just feel alone and cold in this world feeling like no one understands what you're going through.
Even when you can’t find the strength to pray for yourself, someone in this world is praying for you.
The inspirational pieces in Somebody Prayed For Me only reminds us of the power of prayer.
When God’s children bend their knees and bow their heads in prayer, it’s not about knowing the person they’re praying for. It’s all about knowing and believing in God. Do you believe? Do you feel in your heart that prayer changes things?
We believe. Even in this some times violent world, there is hope if only we believe. If only we pray for each other and hold tight to our faith in God. Pray for someone because somebody already prayed for you.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)