
Don’t Pray Away the PURPOSE
Dear ones, life can be gloomy. Yesterday was bright, cheery skies and it seemed to uplift my mood and energize my spirit. Today it's gray with stratus clouds blocking any vision of our sun, though we know it's there.... somewhere. I was chatting with some beautiful ladies over tea/prayer time this week at my house. We prayed for some of the neighborhood women, for God to intervene in their situations: cancer, marital strife, depression, etc. The prayer to "heal all their pain and take it away" is one many of us have prayed for ourselves or others. However, I have been learning not to pray quite that way anymore. Let me clarify: God's spiritual healing in our lives is truly what matters in the light of eternity; I have found…