This New Year's Resolution thing is not as easy as it first appeared to be. No wonder so many people dump their's within the first couple of weeks after the New Year! At about 6pm last night I realized I had yet to pray for anyone today. Now it wasn't that I didn't look, I just didn't go anywhere! It's hard to find people to pray for when your nose is stuck in a book on your living room couch!
I didn't even really pray for anyone at church last night. My friend Amy's son had to leave because he got a severe migraine right as church was starting. It didn't even pop in my head that I should pray for him until about 15 minutes into the service after they had already gone home. After church was over my friend Donna and I prayed for Amy's son to be healed. I sent Amy a text to let her know that we had been praying for Hayden and she replied that he was already doing much better. Glory to God. That isn't the best part though! The best part was that Amy got to see how God's love really worked. She saw people that cared for her and her family and were willing to put our love into action. It touched her so much she posted it on facebook. A light in the darkness that was lit for all to see!
Sharing God's love for His people is really what this resolution is about. An extremely wise woman told me when I started this that it's not about whether or not the person actually gets healed or not. That would make it about you and your works and not about God being God. She is right. For me personally, it is about stepping out in faith, passing by my own fear and insecurity and shyness in order to carry God's love for His other children (which includes every other person on this planet). Those receiving prayer get to see God's love first hand in their own lives and realize that He actually cares about their needs and their worries and their lives.
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