Prayer

As I was thinking of more things to share my mom reminded me of several different things.  One of the biggest blessings for me this summer was my mom and dad.  They were so supportive and encouraging even though I’m sure they were a little worried at times.  The hardest and yet most encouraging week was when my wonderful mother texted our friends and family and asked them to pray for me.  I got so many encouraging texts throughout the whole day.  Every time my phone would go off it was a perfect reminder that I was being thought of and that somewhere someone was saying a sweet prayer on my behalf.

I don’t know that I ever truly understood what it meant to be prayed for until that week.  It was like I could literally feel the prayers that people were saying for me and at the same time I noticed a difference in others around me as well as myself.  Prayer has a completely different meaning for me now.  I can say with complete confidence that I serve a God who hears me and answers me.  It may not always be in the way I expect or how I want Him to answer, but he does answer.

I challenge you next time you go to pray, think about if you really believe that God hears you or if you are just praying because that’s what you were taught.  While I believe that all prayer is valuable I know that for me it was just a motion, just something I knew I was supposed to do.  But now, now I know that I’m having a conversation with my heavenly father.