Tuesday brought many heartaches that required my attention in prayer. Added to the list of requests presented to us Sunday (we actually see them for the first time as a staff on Monday) were several life-altering issues that beckoned me to my knees. When you stop and consider what is at stake, it is a humbling thing to petition the Almighty God on behalf of others. The reason is because it's possible that the issue being prayed for, could actually be changed because of the faithful prayers of God's saints. Is that true? So often in the midst of the mystery of prayer, I find myself questioning the purpose of it all. Can I really alter the chosen path of a Sovereign God? I believe, ...and here is the mysterious part... the answer is "no"...and "yes". I mean, c'mon...He is God and He does as He pleases. Yet I also know..and here is the other side of that mystery...He hears me when I pray. He answers my prayers and directs me to pray fervently...persistently...humbly...constantly. And so I do. His ways are so much higher than mine so why would I want Him to leave His plan to follow mine? No way! God is so faithful...I am so grateful...and that is just as it should be. You'll have to excuse me...I need to go find a quiet place...to pray.