TONIGHT just after 11 PM EDT as I lay myself to bed I’ll pause for a short little while for my nightly talk to God about the random events that are going on in my Life as well as the people that are directly or indirectly involved with said events. I’ll be praying for the usual suspects. The people don’t really change too much in my current Life. God knows all of them quite well on a first name basis. He keeps hearing about them from me over and over again. He’s guiding and directing them on His fantastic journey.
Tonight I’m praying for some of my closest friends on His journey – Gene, Alex, Anne J., Paul, Jesse, Ela, and last but certainly not least Travis. I prayed for Travis in public earlier tonight, and as usual it really didn’t go very good at all. The words weren’t there, and what words were there were all jumbled together. What I ended up saying out loud didn’t really make too much sense at all. I asked God for a ‘do over’ on this one, and so I will pray all over again in my own style tonight as I end this day.
Praying in public (out loud) has been my greatest weakness ever since I stepped onto this fantastic journey some 22 months ago. It pretty much goes in hand-in-hand with my other major deficiency – talking in public. I’m basically praying for the first time in my Life, and it’s really hard when I’m not a very good talker. It’s kind of like learning how to surf when you aren’t that good of a swimmer. It doesn’t work out very good. I’m obviously much more skilled at writing (as you have already realized if you are a fan of this blog).
I think that God understands. He’s all ears whenever I need to talk to Him – even if it doesn’t make a lot of sense at the time. He’s known me for much longer (41 years) than I’ve known Him (22 months). He knows where I’m coming from. He knows where I’m going to. That’s why He is Almighty. There is no one or no thing that is mightier than Him !
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You know I have the same problem for a different reason I start talking and I start with the coughing.
But GOD knows us better than we know ourselfs. HE is with us every second of everyday HE knows our hearts because that’s how HE made us. I for one am very proud to be able to pray for anyone even if i have to start and stop along the way. I already did my praying or how I rather call it “TALK TO DAD” for tonight. The list gets a little longer as we continue our great journey.
Nite Nite.. Don’t let the bed bugs bite..:)
Love ya,
Ela
Hey Chris, I love the fact that you shared your heart, and did it anyway! I will share something with you…I have always prayed (or talk to DAD as Ela puts it), since I can remember…but PRIVATELY! I remember going to an Encounter as a helper, and I was supposed to pray for the participants! I could not pray outloud ! I started getting a anxiety attack! I was soooooooo embarrest. Who knew that one week later, I was 1 block away from the church (at 9:00 a.m on a Saturday) and something/someone told me its 5 minutes to 9:00 a.m you will make to intercessory prayer. That was 2 years ago, and no I cant pray like Arlene, but who can. We are all different and he hears our heart, thats all that counts. And like you, I am not good at speaking in public either, thats why even when I share at life group I tend to talk really fast, LOL. I know I am a work in progress and so are you. Have Faith in HIM and HE will make us more bold. You have made alot of progress already!
Love you Chris and keeping you in my prayers,
Beckie