I feel like I post a lot of rather vague messages here sometimes, asking for prayer. I imagine in my head that people get tired of that...or think I’m being overly dramatic or something. I’m sure that lots of you will say that that’s not true, but that’s how it feels in my head. My head’s a funny place some days.
So then I don’t always ask for prayer when we actually do need it. Especially when it’s a run of tough stuff and every post would be virtually the same.
“It’s a rough day. Can you pray for us?”
“It’s a rough day. Can you pray for us?”
“No, REALLY. It’s a rough day. Can you pray for us?”
You see that enough times and it seems like it might start to lose its meaning.
The challenge is the nature of what I do means that most of what happens here is personal to someone. I can’t just start to blab about the details of the lives of the dozen or more guys I work with. Most days that’s not a big deal. Something happens and the pressure and stress go up…but then things mellow out and things go back to normal. You know…life.
But then there’s the other times.
Remember Wile E Coyote? When he falls/drives/gets pushed off the cliff and he hits the bottom and he thinks it’s all going to be fine but you can see the shadow getting bigger and bigger of something falling and you know what’s going to happen even if he doesn’t and then he finally looks up and a big rock falls on him. And then another one. And another one. And he just keeps getting pounded into the dirt?
Yea…sometimes it feels like that.
All that to say…it’s been a rough week. Well, month. Okay…four months. Not that only bad stuff has happened in the past four months. Of course not. But there’s been a run of tough situations. Serious situations. Things that keep me up at night.
I know that God’s in control and that it’s not all on me to fix all of this. But…I’m still up to my neck in the middle of it. And my personality definitely wants to fix it. I want to see it all resolved. I’m not the most patient person on the planet sometimes.
So if you have a moment. We could use some prayer. Wisdom, patience, guidance…for all of us.
Seriously….it’s been kind of a rough day.
So then I don’t always ask for prayer when we actually do need it. Especially when it’s a run of tough stuff and every post would be virtually the same.
“It’s a rough day. Can you pray for us?”
“It’s a rough day. Can you pray for us?”
“No, REALLY. It’s a rough day. Can you pray for us?”
You see that enough times and it seems like it might start to lose its meaning.
The challenge is the nature of what I do means that most of what happens here is personal to someone. I can’t just start to blab about the details of the lives of the dozen or more guys I work with. Most days that’s not a big deal. Something happens and the pressure and stress go up…but then things mellow out and things go back to normal. You know…life.
But then there’s the other times.
Remember Wile E Coyote? When he falls/drives/gets pushed off the cliff and he hits the bottom and he thinks it’s all going to be fine but you can see the shadow getting bigger and bigger of something falling and you know what’s going to happen even if he doesn’t and then he finally looks up and a big rock falls on him. And then another one. And another one. And he just keeps getting pounded into the dirt?
Yea…sometimes it feels like that.
All that to say…it’s been a rough week. Well, month. Okay…four months. Not that only bad stuff has happened in the past four months. Of course not. But there’s been a run of tough situations. Serious situations. Things that keep me up at night.
I know that God’s in control and that it’s not all on me to fix all of this. But…I’m still up to my neck in the middle of it. And my personality definitely wants to fix it. I want to see it all resolved. I’m not the most patient person on the planet sometimes.
So if you have a moment. We could use some prayer. Wisdom, patience, guidance…for all of us.
Seriously….it’s been kind of a rough day.
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We will be praying for you out in Asquith!
praying for you my friend.
Doing work for the Lord can be difficult and I know you know that God is still in control and he knows the future. Hang in there and know there is a legion of angels caring for you and your guys and another legion of friends and family praying.
"If God be for us..." Love you and praying for you. Donnalyn
No matter how you say it, we know what you mean. Never gets boring or old, dude. We are with you no matter what.
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