Pray, Pray, Pray

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Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6

We have 40 days set aside to be in the moment with God. To be prayerful and notice the wonder of the small things. To listen for God in the quiet and in the noise. To notice the beauty around us in both people and nature. To hang onto hope in hard times. To be renewed. To serve, serve, serve. And most of all, to pray, pray, pray. This is a special time to connect with God. Part of this is just remembering to pay attention. To listen. This is how poet Mary Oliver lived her life and wrote her poems. Her instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Don’t lose sight of beauty in God’s world found in small things. Be thankful. Then share the good news.

 Praying by Mary Oliver

It doesn’t have to be

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones; just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try

to make them elaborate, this isn’t

a contest but the doorway 

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak.

Amen,

Pastor Andrea