My Rantings

Didnt get a chance to post yesterday so, HAPPY EASTER!



Spring break has been pretty good so far. I definitely needed the break. I was supposed to be going to Florida Wednesday but it doesnt look like that's gonna happen. It's probably a good thing though. I really need the time to get a lot of things together (fine arts mainly). I FINALLY started to work on my short sermon (I know, late start) but Im actually very excited about it. It was really hard for me to get motivated though. I've pretty much known what I was going to preach on for a while but I just could not seem to make myself start. But I decided that I would start Monday, no exceptions. Doing that really does help me. I need a plan or else I'll just keep putting it off. I went to Barnes and Noble and got some coffee too. It helps me to go somewhere different than my house, that way I can just focus on my task. haha.

While I was at B&N, I got up to buy some place markers and I saw something that really got me thinking. I was headed to the customer service desk in the center of the store to ask the lady where to find some bookmarks. As I was walking up to her, I saw a man standing there praying for a woman, right in the center of the store. He wasn't trying to whisper or be secretive about it and neither was she. They didnt feel the need to move to another place. It was so..natural. Just like I was stopping to ask the clerk for help, they were stopping to ask God for help. I couldnt stop thinking about what I had just seen. Then, I asked myself, if I were either of those two people, how would I respond. If I were in the man's situation, would I asked the woman to step aside or even outside, or would I pray for her right then and there. And if I were in the woman's situation, would I speak to the man there, in public, or wait until another time?

I honestly think that before now, I probably would have moved to another place. Today God showed me that sometimes we put prayer in a box and only "take it out" when we see an appropriate time and place. But God doesnt tell us to wait. He doesn't ask us to move someplace else so that He can speak to us. Yes, it is important to have your own private time with God, but it is also important to rely on Him with everything at any time or place. Every need is important to God. If someone was physically hurt and their life was in danger, you wouldn't wait for an "appropriate time & place" to pray for them. So why should you wait any other time?

My prayer today is that I would never try to be secretive about praying. That it would become a more natural part of my day and that I would never put God on hold.