Super Sunday!
Sometimes I get so excited about something I have to act totally out of character. Oh, wait ... excitement pretty much is my character. But when I walked into Bible class this morning, I was expecting to continue with 2 Kings.
Imagine my surprise when the Bible class teacher turned on the projector to reveal a new topic. Lord, Teach Us to Pray. The title of the class comes from Luke 11:1.
I've blogged before about prayer. I can name examples--sooo many examples--of answered prayer. My prayers, the prayers of others, prayers for other people, the list goes on and on. So when I think about prayer, I'm kind of amazed.
Imagine I wanted to talk to the President of the United States. I can't just pick up the phone and call the Whitehouse. I can't just walk up to the front door and ring the bell. Wait, does the Whitehouse even have a bell? Anyway, no. If I have a sudden desire to speak to the POTUS, I'd have to jump through all kinds of hoops to do so. And I'd probably get turned down.
How about the Queen of England? Nope. Not likely.
No, I can probably say the most famous (see I can't even say powerful) person I've ever talked to would be some musician on Twitter.
So what makes me think I can just talk to God? Well ... He does. That's right, God invites my conversation. He listens to me. He responds to my requests for peace, for comfort, for healing, for all kinds of favor and blessing.
So yes, when I saw the new topic for Bible class, I was pretty excited. Any opportunity to learn more about communicating with my Father, my Creator, is an opportunity that makes me eager for the next class.
This brings us, finally, to the out of character part. It's not so much out of character as it is out of order. I don't usually blog on Sunday. That's how excited I am about this class. So there you are. Super Sunday. Not a day I usually blog, and the day is more than half done. But sometimes you just have to share your excitement.
Imagine my surprise when the Bible class teacher turned on the projector to reveal a new topic. Lord, Teach Us to Pray. The title of the class comes from Luke 11:1.
I've blogged before about prayer. I can name examples--sooo many examples--of answered prayer. My prayers, the prayers of others, prayers for other people, the list goes on and on. So when I think about prayer, I'm kind of amazed.
Imagine I wanted to talk to the President of the United States. I can't just pick up the phone and call the Whitehouse. I can't just walk up to the front door and ring the bell. Wait, does the Whitehouse even have a bell? Anyway, no. If I have a sudden desire to speak to the POTUS, I'd have to jump through all kinds of hoops to do so. And I'd probably get turned down.
How about the Queen of England? Nope. Not likely.
No, I can probably say the most famous (see I can't even say powerful) person I've ever talked to would be some musician on Twitter.
So what makes me think I can just talk to God? Well ... He does. That's right, God invites my conversation. He listens to me. He responds to my requests for peace, for comfort, for healing, for all kinds of favor and blessing.
So yes, when I saw the new topic for Bible class, I was pretty excited. Any opportunity to learn more about communicating with my Father, my Creator, is an opportunity that makes me eager for the next class.
This brings us, finally, to the out of character part. It's not so much out of character as it is out of order. I don't usually blog on Sunday. That's how excited I am about this class. So there you are. Super Sunday. Not a day I usually blog, and the day is more than half done. But sometimes you just have to share your excitement.
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