Pray Today

The Good News Today Is...prayer can keep you sane. Well - it keeps me sane anyway. I pray every time I can get a word in edgewise. In other words when I'm not so busy I can't think to pray. That means I have times during the day when I pray that are fairly odd. Like when I'm in the shower. No one can call me on the phone, no one comes in the bathroom (usually), and my brain is given a break from the demands of being wife, mother, accountant, pastor - all the different hats I find myself wearing. I am alone with God (yup, in the shower). I can pray uninterrupted and quietly. I also use my time driving to pray, I don't have the radio on, I don't think about what I need to do when I get where I'm going, I talk to God instead. These are the moments that I can talk to God and listen to the still small voice. I don't think God cares where we are when we pray, just that we do pray. "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (James 5:16) Did you read that? The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Why wouldn't we pray? Wherever we can, whenever we can. Prayer is powerful!