Make Your Life Count Forever

The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the  twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,  each holding a harp, and  golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Revelation 5:8 God never forgets our prayers.   He cherishes them. He keeps them in golden bowls. Heavenly Incense: that's what becomes of our prayers. Years ago on a trip to Israel I left a prayer in the Western Wall in Jerusalem. It was for a daughter who wasn't walking with God. I don't remember what I wrote on that little slip of paper. God remembers. He has long since answered that prayer. The beautiful godly woman she is today bears no resemblance to the troubled hurting young girl she was then.  Transformation, God's work in the heart and life of people.   That's what God does with our prayers. He answers them in spectacular ways. Now to Him who is able...

Church Steeple in Pienza Italy Photo © 2013 Kelly Grace Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:  for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Psalm 5:1-3 This familiar passage has often reminded me to start my day with God. It's been made popular as a Worship Chorus and that means many of us have actually memorized it by singing it often. But this morning the last four words preached a little sermon to my heart about prayer. , and will look up. What do I do after I pray? These four words give a simple and clear direction; and will look up . It speaks of expectation. It speaks of waiting. It speaks of a burden transferred. It speaks of a new focus. Expectation because I've taken my thoughts, my worry, my anxiety, my problems, my hopes, my need, my confusion, ...