[Wednesday's Devotional] - Prayer

Today I am remembering a song I first heard only a few years ago.  It is sung and played by an Irish based duo called Secret Garden, the title is simply 'Prayer'.  I can listen to this anytime, it is a gentle, simple melody with beautiful words that somehow offer peace.  It is late evening, time for sleep, and for me the time I like to talk to God.  Turn off the light.  No sight or sound to disturb my thoughts.  The Lord does not need light to see me and he can hear my prayer, silent or spoken. But when we were small children, some were a bit afraid of the night because it was dark.  In this song there are a couple of lines dealing with that fear:

Will your arms enfold us, through the dark of night.

Let your angels hold us, till we see the light.

It's another reminder that God is always with us, night and day, sleeping or awake.  And for me, it's that time to share with Him, and to say "thank you" for all that he gives me every day.  No doubt each of us has our own special time to talk to the Lord and he loves to share our thoughts.  And then I find myself saying "thank you" at any time for some small thing – the scent of a sweet flower, the song of a bird, a helping hand given or the smile brought to someone's face when they are feeling down.  Magic.

Let us pray – anytime and all the time.

Jim Finch