This past weekend our Equipping and Communication pastor spoke on the challenges we face when it comes to prayer. He and his wife lost their 4 year old son in March to Batten's Disease. And Andy shared very personally about unanswered prayer and about how God connects to us in our suffering. It was very powerful and moving. (You can listen here if you are interested Here) Andy wrote a great prayer which he shared with us at the end of his message and I wanted to share it with all of you:
"God, if your will is to remove this suffering, that would be a tremendous relief to me; but if your will is to redeem this suffering, then empower me by your Spirit to endure it, so that faith, hope, love and Christlikeness may result in and through me."
What I appreciate about this prayer is that, not only is it relational, but it also helps align our perspective with God's.
I have had little time for art lately. My little Etsy shop has been quite busy over the past few weeks. And last week at church we had vacation Bible school. I volunteered. It exhausted me! But it was good. I love spending time with kids and I helped with the 4-6 year olds, which is my favorite age group. Our next door neighbors have 5 year old twin girls who went with me all week. We had a great time, along with my 5 year old god-grand daughter, Christanay. She loves hanging out with the twins. Below is a picture of them at VBS and then some Documented Life Project pages.
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Christanay is in the center with a twin on each side |
That's all for today!
I am really enjoying your blog and art journaling. Thank you for sharing your blessings.
ReplyDeleteThank you , Lisa, I'm glad you enjoy it here!
DeleteHi Mary, I listened to the entire panel discussion. I am hoping to hold a workshop for our Women's Ministries on prayer journaling, so I was curious to listen to the different ways people approached prayer. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your church sounds wonderful, full of the Spirit of the Lord. Blessings, Karen
ReplyDeleteHi Mary - your journal is lovely, and very inspiring - and the kids are just gorgeous! Enjoy xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chrysalis!
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