Circle of Prayer

Our family has found ourselves praying a lot lately. With a recent series of events, we have jumpstarted our family into a praying machine! We had an emergency prayer meeting at our home last week to pray for Brent's dad who received some unwelcome news about cancer. We are anxiously awaiting the results of various tests today. It will be a long day waiting.

I hate waiting. I just want to get things over with in the here and now. I hate that the whole "growing" experience that takes patience and long suffering. As I reflected on this during this week I realized that I can't think of anything he created or designed that doesn't take time. We as humans take 9 months to form, 18 years to become an adult (even more for some!), 18 more years to learn how to parent and a lifetime to mature as a Christian. God does things in order and for a reason. I am thankful for that. And so we will wait today for news, and we will try to be patient and most of all continue in our circle of prayer.

Psalm 5:2-3

"Listen to my cry for help,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.

In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation."