Prayer as an expectation
This past Friday my mom left my dad. It was a very brave, very healthy, and very right choice, and I'm so proud of her for making it. However, that doesn't mean I'm not heartbroken for my family. It takes a lot to make me cry, but I cried on Friday. I cried when I talked to my dad on the phone, for how sad he is, how confused and caught off guard. I cried when I talked to my brother, for how much is being put on his shoulders, for how strong and mature he is being, for the pain he is going through, and for how proud I am of how he's handling it. My eyes filled up again on Sunday when I talked to my mom and heard her tears through the phone. This isn't the way families are supposed to work; I cried for the sadness of a world in which this type of thing is common-place. I'm relieved by my mom's move, but I'm aching from all the pain which is responsible for it and coming from it.
One of my favorite parts of my church is our time of prayer in small groups. Every week, we gather with two or three other people sitting near us, often people we don't know at all, and pray for each other. This past Sunday, two of my sisters in Christ prayed for my family and for how God would be moving and working through all of this.
When Pastor got up to preach, his sermon was titled "Believing the Lord Completely in my Prayer Life." One of the basic principles underlying his message was that "prayer is never completed until it is answered." What a timely message! God is so good in providing everything we need, including the very words that our hearts are starving for. God had brought this subject up on Saturday while I was talking to Alyssa about it on the phone, but I hadn't grabbed on to it the way I needed to. So, he used the sermon on Sunday to condense the idea, simplify it, and hold it out for me to cling to- and that I am doing. I am human and broken, and rarely is this true, but for once I think I can honestly say that I have complete confidence in God's promise to work through this situation. I pray that He will use it to His glory, and I know that that prayer will be anwered- is already answered. I hope that as a result of all this my dad will become healthy and joyful, my brother will grow into a man of God, my mom will find peace and contentment. I hope that this is how God chooses to manifest His glory, but I'm not worried about it because I know that whatever the means He chooses, they will be beautiful beyond compare.
k. rose
One of my favorite parts of my church is our time of prayer in small groups. Every week, we gather with two or three other people sitting near us, often people we don't know at all, and pray for each other. This past Sunday, two of my sisters in Christ prayed for my family and for how God would be moving and working through all of this.
When Pastor got up to preach, his sermon was titled "Believing the Lord Completely in my Prayer Life." One of the basic principles underlying his message was that "prayer is never completed until it is answered." What a timely message! God is so good in providing everything we need, including the very words that our hearts are starving for. God had brought this subject up on Saturday while I was talking to Alyssa about it on the phone, but I hadn't grabbed on to it the way I needed to. So, he used the sermon on Sunday to condense the idea, simplify it, and hold it out for me to cling to- and that I am doing. I am human and broken, and rarely is this true, but for once I think I can honestly say that I have complete confidence in God's promise to work through this situation. I pray that He will use it to His glory, and I know that that prayer will be anwered- is already answered. I hope that as a result of all this my dad will become healthy and joyful, my brother will grow into a man of God, my mom will find peace and contentment. I hope that this is how God chooses to manifest His glory, but I'm not worried about it because I know that whatever the means He chooses, they will be beautiful beyond compare.
k. rose
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