Prayer

New York Harbor

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions,

with all kinds of prayers and requests.

Ephesians 6:18

I love it when my children ask me to pray for them.  They are grown women now – with busy lives of their own.  When push comes to shove, however, they all ask Mama for prayer.  This morning it was my oldest daughter asking for prayer for her flight back to New York from the Gulf Coast.  When I texted my best friend to ask her to join me in praying, I found that she was at Kennedy Airport in NYC waiting for her flight to California.  She was instantly added to the prayer request!

I don’t know that I have ever really read this text from Ephesians before.  It is the verse after the ones about the armor of God – a passage I know I have read.  I love it, though, for it has been my philosophy for a long time – prayer about anything, anytime, anywhere.  Little things or big things.  Requests and Thank you’s.  Peaceful prayers and agitated prayers.  It doesn’t matter what kind – our Father loves to hear from us on any and all occasions.

I have no control over the airplane, the sky, the weather, or any other aspect of flight. In terms of being a physical help to my daughter or my friend, I am completely helpless.  Spiritually, however, I am a warrior – utilizing the gift of prayer that I have been given by the Creator of the universe.  It is one of the greatest gifts I have ever received.  Thank you, God!