Prayer

Travelin’Oma, Week 5, Day 1. Very tough to narrow down today. I now have much blogging fodder for after this class is over.

Prayer

Today has been a day of much pondering and much gratitude.

I am extremely grateful for prayer. For prayers that are answered like I would like them to be, and also for the peace that comes when my prayers aren’t answered as I would like them to be. This peace is born of the love that I feel from my Heavenly Father, that He knows me and loves me. He wants what is best for me.

I had two specific prayers answered today. One was a simple prayer, requested by Austin. He was trying to find his blue blankie and couldn’t locate it. He came up and snuggled with me and said, “Can we say a prayer? Heavenly Father will help me find my blankie.” The faith of a child is a beautiful thing. He asked me to say the prayer and then we looked for it together, holding hands while we walked around the house. The blanket was in Pa’a’s office. Afterward, he said the prayer of thanks and snuggled with me again. The other is a prayer that I have been repeating in various forms for a few years now. It was a prayer for a good friend of mine. I found out today that the prayer has finally been answered. What an overwhelming joy filled my heart when I heard! Immediately I was consumed with a desire to thank God in prayer for hearing my cries, and surely the cries of many others, in bringing to pass this blessing.

Not all prayers are answered in these ways, but the sweet assurance can come to us whether our desires are carried out or not. There are many, many other prayers I have pled for that have not been answered as I could have foreseen, but God is always there, leading my life, and calming my soul.

One option for today’s assignment was to write a poem. I do not, in any way, confess to being a poet, but will try some free verse poetry to express my feelings this day.

Prayer
Pleading, yearning.
Silent, soothing.
Intimate and eternal,
Prayer delivers peace.