Our Prayer Pals program has been in place for a month now. How is it going for you? If you would like to share a story about this experience, please leave a comment. Or if you are having trouble connecting, please let me know via e-mail, revsongbird@gmail.com.
Lorna asks that we all pray for Singing Owl, who is on a visit to her sister this week.
This round of Prayer Pals goes through June, and then we will make new assignments for those who want to continue and also add new Pals to the program.
I'd add Lorna to the prayer list, as she is recovering from surgery.
ReplyDeleteThanks Songbird. Lord we ask for your presence to be really strong as owl visits her sister. Give her courage and wisdom. May there be moments of laughter and of joyfilled tears too.
ReplyDeleteThank you that we can be part of a network that carry each other in times like this. My heart grieves for her - but Lord I thank you that you do most of the carrying. Amen
James (grin) thanks for the prayer support.Actually I'm doing good (aside from an aching back - a bit like being in labour and it's definitely NOT that- thanks for asking - another grin
a story about prayer pals. Well :) God guided your hand songbird in who you got to pray for me. It's been rough for me spiritually and emotionally - but my prayer partner wrote along the lines that she was praying that I'd find God's hand in it all and today I got a glimmer of a trickle of that - and like a tiny stream into the desert brings flowers, I started to see God again in it all.
I'm blogging more about that later on - but anyway thank you prayer partner for being there. It's made a huge difference.
My prayer partner has been absolutely wonderful -- a Godsend, literally, especially during these very rough past weeks.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to get to know my "prayee" a bit better but I've not heard from her, although I did send her an introductory e-mail. I do check her blog to see what's going on in her life so I can pray accordingly.
It's lovely. Blessings on you,Songbird dear, for dreaming it up (or hearing God when he suggested it to you)...Such a wonderful luxury to be able to ask for prayer on specific issues, knowing that the person of whom you are demanding this is able to ask another in her turn.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving both relationships,- the only potential flaw I can see is that I won't want to move on to anyone else when phase 1 officially ends. And that I wish both of my pals were within coffee and chocolate biscuit range...
I am very encouraged by my pray-er who is in touch frequently, but tho I have sent e-mails and check her blog have heard nothing from my prayee..I guess we all share at our own level, but knowing that I am being held in prayer has been so comforting as I've had some rough stuff over the last few weeks.
ReplyDeleteThank you Songbird
coffee and chocolate biscuit range would be good :)
ReplyDeleteIt has been a wonderful, wonderful boon to me. And you were absolutely right that we shouldn't only be in single pairs (I pray for you, you pray for me). This gives two connections, and no sense of needing to meet expectations...does that make sense? we are able to be served by someone without needing to serve them in the same kind. Footwashing, if you will.
ReplyDeleteI've written about difficulties with my son over the last several weeks, but could never blog the whole story and really (for many reasons) couldn't discuss it fully with IRL friends and family.
My salvation has been my prayer partner, who has been faithful with me through all of this. There was one dark night when I was up late, feeling so alone, and then I thought, "oh! I can ask for prayer support from her!" It was quite like a wave of comfort washing over me to know she was there.
Songbird, how did you and God know how much I (and others) would need this?
How did God guide us to have the comment-a-palooza on Cass's site last year, that brought up the RGBP's where we are now? And to think I was only lurking there until you mentioned T-shirts! :)
With apologies to Sarum Primer:
God be in my blog, and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.
Mary Beth, thank you for sharing your story. I am glad to know your prayer pal has been such a wonderful source of support.
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