Yesterday a friend of mine told me they had to go back to the doctor today to find out if they had cancer. Today my friend found out the tests were inconclusive and tomorrow she will know. Like so many other people might do I said to my her, "I'll keep you in my prayers".
What does that really mean? "I'll keep you in my prayers"
For me, I realized it was something that I probably throw around too loosely. As a matter of fact, I told another friend the day before the same thing when he told me about his wife's health problems. All of this promising to pray for people's needs or situations is becoming something I'm getting pretty good at saying! But am I really following through? Am I really placing a special emphasis in my requests to God for these people? Or am I merely saying something at the time that seems to make the person on the other end of the conversation feel better?
From now on...if I say it I will pray it. Fiercely.
Lance, I hear you. But it's my belief that even if you only think of that person at that moment and wish good thoughts, or give words of encouragement as you've done for me recently in a similar situation, that counts as prayer. God hears everything we think, say and feel. But, I also know that having a few extra voices making the same request as me can make a difference. --Eileen
ReplyDeleteI think you are right- that those are words we say often, and we genuinely mean them but sometimes we do forget to mention it in our prayers that day. I have recently tried to become more concious of that fact myself. I really like Eileen's comment and I think she is right. :)
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