Prayer

Praying through the Busyness to Experience God’s Love

Praying through the Busyness to Experience God’s Love

It was Labor Day weekend. I was ready for my hectic summer to slow down, kids to go back to school and more routine. I was celebrating the weekend with my extended family at my brother’s house in St. Michaels, Maryland. They had woken early to start crabbing. As I stirred in my sleep I noticed the sunrise beginning over the water in the backyard. 

Begin with Prayer

Begin with Prayer

In the musical Les Miserables a prayer is sung by the main character Jean Valjean who prays for the life of young Marius. The song is “Bring Him Home,” and it begins with the words, “God on high, hear my prayer, in my need, You have always been there.” The words capture perfectly the position we are all in when we come to God in prayer. It is a place of need.

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