Overwhelming Praying
I must confess that in these last couple of days, I am feeling overwhelmed in my morning prayers. Typically, I have a list of names of folk that I pray for daily. Many of them need physical healing. Some of them need both physical and spiritual healing. I treasure these names, and think of the faces of each of them as I pray for them. Then there are days where my heart feels burdened to pray for just one person, or a select few, that might be going through difficult challenges with their health, or the loss of a loved one. This morning, as I prayed, I felt overwhelmed, because I included in my prayers those who are impacted by the fires nearby in Los Angeles County, which includes my brother's family. I felt that the need for the thousands upon thousands was so great, that there was not a prayer sufficient enough that I could pray for such a massive need. But I forgot that God is so much more greater than this catastrophe. He IS there with each and every person or fami...