A Prayer to Stack Stones – Your Day by day Prayer – July 14

A Prayer to Stack Stones
By Jessica Van Roekel

“I will keep in mind the deeds of the Lord of course, I will bear in mind your miracles of outdated.” – Psalm 77:11, ESV

“Bring a rock the dimensions of your fist,” the voice on the cell phone instructed. In an quick, I was 8 once again, strolling ankle-deep in the lake, hunting for yet another rock to include to my assortment. The lake represented my pleased position wherever smiles graced faces, imaginations took flight, and time with each other translated into appreciate. I gathered pink-speckled rocks, semi-opaque white kinds, and sleek skipping stones. They had been additional than pebbles to stroll on. They were being the foundation of recollections that carried me by means of an unsettled childhood. And then they have been gone.

Even as a center-aged woman, I continue to believe about my rock selection and ponder through which of the many moves in my childhood it was missing. Losing the collection has not deterred me while. I even now obtain rocks. Only now they are compact enough to match in my pocket, and half fill a distinct glass on my desk. I’m even now on the hunt for much more rock reminiscences, but I didn’t have the requested fist-sized rock. The voice went on to ask me to deliver it to Sunday early morning company with what God implies to me written on it.

There is a tune I engage in on repeat mainly because it reminds me of my rock assortment and the benefit of remembering. If I do not keep in mind I can shed sight of God’s faithfulness when I’m in the middle of deep difficulty. If I don’t remember excellent previous occasions, challenging present-day occasions overwhelm me and rob my hope. The storms of life can bring about us to question if God is even there at all, but there are some ways we can consider to reset our emphasis.

Psalm 77 is a psalm we can flip to when we desperately speculate if God hears our cries for aid. The psalmist expresses his coronary heart with vulnerability and can help us give terms to our thoughts way too. There are instances when we have no terms besides groans since of our breaking heart. We can comply with the psalmist’s instance. He led himself to lookup his memory for God’s favor and delight in his daily life. And in the remembering he located hope and peace. We can do the similar.

It truly is crucial to stack stones of remembrance of what God has completed in our lives. It is wonderful how we can ignore how God answered a desperate prayer for assist or gave us supernatural energy to experience a overall health possibility. Occasionally nevertheless, our minds get so muddled with the daily struggles and anxieties that we cannot see God’s hand in our life. That’s when we change to the Bible and research out evidence of his faithfulness.

Abraham’s lifestyle demonstrates God’s faithfulness. He was trustworthy in Abraham’s lifestyle to lead him, to be his God, to fulfill the promise of a son in his old age, and then to provide a ram in place of his son on the stone altar on Mt. Moriah. Peter’s life demonstrates the ability of God’s faithfulness. Quite a few moments, Peter said the incorrect point and led with feelings as an alternative of the real truth of Jesus’ words. A lot afterwards, Peter preached to a substantial crowd on the day of Pentecost and 1000’s turned their life over to Jesus’ lordship. God is devoted.

Deuteronomy 6 tells to appreciate the Lord our God with all our hearts and to explain to of his words and phrases and to produce them on the doorposts of our homes. This apply sets us up to remember and to see his never-ending faithfulness woven like a golden thread by means of our life. To keep in mind usually means we pay out interest to when God gave us peace when we didn’t have any. It is recalling the periods when hope flooded our hearts when we felt despair. We can remember how God assisted us in excess of the past mountain we faced when we experience another. These recollections can persuade our hearts with evidence of God’s faithfulness.

There are twelve rocks stacked on a desk at the front of my church’s sanctuary. Written on the rocks are words like protector, responses prayers, good, and energy. On my rock, I wrote faithfulness. Searching at my everyday living, I can see God’s hand. He’s under no circumstances left me, never ever forsaken me, but he’s usually been present. He’s the whisper in the storm, the rock of my refuge, and the shadow where by I hide.

Gather all those rocks of remembrance of God’s faithfulness to you. Write them down so you can simply call them to head when you question if God hears your cries. Stack stones and don’t forget.

Let’s pray:

Holy God,
You are faithful and genuine. Forgive me when I question your goodness in my existence. Forgive me when all I can see is the challenging. Support me see you in the beauty of the sunrise and in the laughter of a boy or girl. Support me stack stones of remembrance so I can remember your faithfulness to me.
In Jesus’ title, Amen

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