My prayer needs

It’s a chilly day up north. The dog is sitting at my feet with his ball hoping I will go out and kick it with him. There is a small electric heater at my feet warming me and it’s a comfy place here in the sunroom to start my morning. I have prayer days. Actually better said, I have each day with certain things I pray for, every day of the week has specific people I pray for; events and things to be thankful for. I have done this for years but today I read the column on the left with different eyes. It’s my thankful column. Thankful for a heart for God, a warm place to be, and friends of church heritage. The last one is what kept my eyes going back and then I read down to the friends list and sure enough one of those friends from the church heritage were there. I am thankful for the group of people, churches that banded together years ago to form a fellowship. It was a precious thing. Today, many of those people are on my prayer list. There is something sweeter about the water you drink when you have worked together to dig a deeper well. Of course nothing is without challenges and people are human but the depth of friendship of these church friends is priceless.

Friends are Gods gift for our sanity here on earth. Friends also help the sharpening of our minds, keep us accountable and reward us with the gift of relationship. Some of my friends are all over the wall gushy. I am only that way with a few people. Those who have earned it through the years. Some call me out to be something more. Others walk with me down the “don’t know where I am going but who will keep me company” roads in life. Proverbs 30:7-8 “. Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me “before I die”. Remove far from me falsehood and lying: give me neither poverty or riches: feed me with the food that is needful for me lest I be full and deny you and say “who is the Lord.” I

would add another part. “ let me remember my friends and may their lives intersect mine when either of us feels the need to be loved.” I am so thankful for the church heritage- I have been blessed beyond comprehension, not to mention I can go across the country and always know someone, meet up for lunch or enjoy a night in their home. And we pick up where we left off. Guess heaven will be like that! Gonna be really cool!!!!