We did it!
40 days!
Not without tardy posts and slip ups, but 40 posts completed. I hope this will be a resource even if you haven't gotten to day 40 yet. I'll keep checking for comments. I'm usually a fast starter but struggle finishing so I am thankful for your accountability.
It's been a roller coaster ride. I've not always agreed with everything that Mark Batterson wrote, but I am thankful that he did write and prompted me to pray more. Not that I have arrived. I have many miles to go before I sleep. . . .
I want to encourage you to journal or blog when you read Scripture. Processing by writing and reflecting has helped me take in more of what I've read. It will do the same for you. Even writing scripture helps you form spiritual memories.
And like jesus's disciples, let us pray that Jesus would continue to teach us to pray - continue to keep us hungry.
Hungry not for the tangibles (the "stuff") of prayer but for the living relationship with God that prayer provides.
And that is what it's all about. If you read some of my early posts in Draw the Circle, that was what I wanted us to get to . . .
Intimacy with God
The "stuff" is all icing on the cake.
But I want the cake.
And as we partake of the "Cake of life," we'll discover ourselves aligning our prayers to the stuff that God wants us to have.
Stuff with which we can use to bless others.
But let us always strive in our prayer lives for the gift Giver over the gift.
Stay hungry my friend - for the Bread of Life
Stay thirsty my friend - for Living Water.
Keep drawing circles.
Amen and Amen.
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