Dropping everything to pray/Prayer request.

Andrea and I were planning to meet with two people today today to talk about Capernaum for coffee. One person had to cancel and the other lady ended up having to cancel right after we were scheduled to meet. Andrea used my phone to call a woman named Margarita who was supposed to meet us.

Margarita, from what Andrea explained to me, is bound to a wheelchair. She told Angela, and had also e-mailed us, that she had an emergency to attend to. Her friend's (and a woman she ministers to) 16 year old son, Christopher, was stabbed 14 times. She said that she left to pray with her and give her council.

As I may have been frustrated that Margarita didn't show up to our planned meeting, I found that I was not frustrated but amazed in the midst of my sadness. Margarita is not, by our standards, very easily mobile. But, as soon as her friend was in need, she dropped everything (even her meeting with Andrea and I) to go pray with her. Margarita clearly knows how important prayer is and, like most of us, hasn't forgotten.

I wish that when I experienced a traumatic experience or a friend of mine did, that the first thing I think to do is drop everything I am doing and seek the Lord out and my friend in prayer and counsel. Sometimes, especially when we are stressed or worried, we forget to pray. Whether we don't truly believe the power of prayer or simply don't prioritize it enough, I think most of us don't pray when we ought.

Please take a moment now to pray for Christopher and his mother. I hope that even when your life seems too hectic to stop and pray that you realize then it it is most important and beneficial thing for you. That last push where we feel like we need to concentrate and keep a steady path and we will succeed is almost always when we fail. Whether we fail or succeed though, we should invite God into that time.

Psalm 66:19-20
but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!