Good Thursday morning! The signs of spring are appearing... that's exactly what I thought while out walking this morning... yeah, right! The temperature said quite firmly "winter". Today is still February and the cold outside confirms it. We cannot move the seasons or dates along any faster by wishing. Last night the Holy Spirit brought us new insights in our Bible study. One of which was that our prayers are often lists of needs... but not for ourselves this time. In various forums and times we have heard or read about our "list of needs or wants" prayers for our own self, but what about for others? Do we think that God doesn't know their needs too? Our weekly habit of exchanging prayer cards in our group helps with this. We only list our names and we pray for each other. We don't know what the other guy needs, and so we pray with a genuine love. The lesson continued with praying in joy and love for someone else, as Paul and Timothy did for the Philippians. I think we all had an eye opener and that happens when we invite the Holy Spirit to take part in the lesson. I too have been guilty of praying for others with only a list of their needs and wants. What about simply bringing another person before God in prayer without that old list? I like it! A good exercise in joy and love for each of us. A simple prayer of "I love this person and thank you Lord that he or she brings me joy!" Maybe you can't think of a person who brings you joy... not good! We had better look more closely or change an attitude or two if we cannot think of some way that our brothers and sisters in Christ bring us joy.
A cat is licking my typing fingers. A sign of affection or a sign of dirty hands? The world wonders...
God loves you on this fine day!
Bucky
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