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My prayer life grew steadily weaker. My focus on prayer not the same. Had been several months and a day now, Since earnestly calling His name! Oh, I would pray simple prayers daily, Enough just to keep me in touch, Neglectfully, going my own way, I just hadn't ask Him for much. Small things had become more important Than spending quiet time with my Lord, Like browsing the newspaper daily, Instead of quiet time in His Word. But, then as I opened my Bible, A list gently dropped to the floor. I discovered, there, written upon it, A dozen requests, maybe more! Some things on that list I had prayed for, With fervent compassion and care. Still others had been brought before Him, With reckless abandon and dare! One thing on that list seemed impossible, Tho' I'd prayed for it in days gone by. When I saw that prayer had been answered, It brought a few tears to my eyes! The birth of that tiny, young grandson, Our 'miracle baby' was he! Conceived after much pain and sorrow, Cole's a blessing for all now to see! As I've held this small child so often And gazed in those little blue eyes, It reminds me God's power to answer, Should never take me by surprise! I've learned not to take Him for granted, And think, "What will be, will be." Just seeing that need on my prayer list, Was such a reminder to me! "You have not because you don't ask Me," His words, from the scripture, remind, But, it's hard to ask of a good friend, Whose presence you've left far behind! It's not for God's good I pray daily, While bringing each need and request, But for my own good that He shows me, Undoubtably, He knows what's best! August 30, 1998 BACK Back to "Searching For A Rainbow" |
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