Like a Prayer

It's been interesting lately.

For a while, I have wanted to increase my prayer life. I felt I was always so selfish in my prayers, always thinking about myself and rarely remembering the prayers of others.

And please know I still have a LONG way to go on this. But it has been fun because more and more lately, if someone is on the phone with me, talking about issues / hard struggles, I almost ALWAYS feel the nudge to pray for them before getting off the phone. So, 9 times out of 10, I do. Which is something so very new for me.

Now, I still don't do a very good job of remembering them in my prayers at bedtime, but there are times when God calls them to mind during the day and I will say a quick prayer then. Still doesn't happen all the time, but I am encouraged by the fact that it is happening at all now, as opposed to prior years where I rarely prayed for others, either out loud in front of them, or in my heart alone. It is a cool, but very stretching journey.

There are more thoughts developing here, but I thought for now I would share the prayers that God has answered in helping me deepen my prayer life. Ha. He answered prayers about prayer.

What a good God. :)