Today is the National Day of Prayer. For the last fifteen or twenty years I’ve kept a Prayer Journal. When I’m feeling negative or depressed all I need to do is pick up one of those journals and leaf through a few pages. It doesn’t take long for me to feel emotionally and spiritually uplifted. As I read through my prayers I am left in awe by God’s goodness to me and to my family. He hasn’t answered all my prayers the way I’d expected or hoped, but I’ve come to believe His picture of the future is far bigger than my own limited vision.

On this special day of prayer I would like to say a small prayer for each one of you: May God bless you and keep you and may you remain in the shelter of His arms as you go about your day. May you be blessed by your family and by the work of your hands. May your heart and your life be open to God’s love for the special person He created you to be. Amen.