pray every day

I found this anonymous prayer and I want to share it. I think it will help me when I struggle with how to address asking God to help those around me:

“God of mercy, when I’m sick I often find it hard to pray. So I offer this moment of prayer when I’m well for all those who may now be too weak, too tired or too depressed to pray and to believe at this time in your goodness and mercy. May this be a healing moment for them, as it was for the woman in the Gospel who touched the hem of your garment. Amen.”

I have been very diligent in my efforts to pray each day. I have even done some work in reading the Bible before I pray to clear my mind of the clutters that usually find their way into my conversations with God. But there are people close to me who are hurting – my husband who deals with chronic pain every day – my mother, who is watching her sister slowly die from cancer – my father, who just lost his younger sister to illness. They are all angry at God. Can my prayers bring them peace when they have turned their faces away from Him?

The point of my goal is to always remember His presence throughout the day – as I am getting the kids ready for school, as I am working, as I am driving home. Whether it is hectic or quiet, I can speak to God. I should take a moment to praise Him for my children, my home, my job that provides for our needs. I should rejoice in the beauty of the trees growing in my neighborhood, the flowers blooming along the sidewalks.

Our God is an Awesome God!