Prayer

Prayer is such a beautiful thing. After my second surgery, I wasn't faithful to God and spending time with Him. I simply didn't have the desire to. But, after having some encouragement from loved ones, I spent time in His Word once again. The time following then was full of God and seeing how He had been working so greatly in and through my life and what I had been going through. I fell more in love with Him. I ended up watching the show "War Room" with my family and really admired them and how they prayed to God. I remember sitting in bed a night after that and really just praying with my whole heart and crying out to God. After discovering more of who God is and how He works so perfectly to make everything work so incredibly well together for the good of those who love Him and to glorify Him more, I had a new faith in Him and how real He is and how He hears me and will work. That following week after praying like I had, I saw God work again so perfectly to answer my prayers His way that glorifies Him and brings me joy. He did this more that once. It was truly humbling and  wonderful. I am filled with such joy even just thinking about it.

I also think that prayer is beautiful and important because it brings us in a closer relationship with God. We are able to speak everything we feel to Him, we are able to vent. And He hears and understands it all! We are able to release all our cares to Him who is able to take all our worries and gives us peace. He wants us to share every single thing with Him, He wants to be a part of every single element of our lives and be the center of our lives. It also brings us to surrender and recognition of who He is and His power and His ability. We get direction from praying and reading His Word and spending time with  Him listening to Him. In short, it brings us into fellowship and deeper relationship with God our Father.