...so unworthy...

Good Morning Father,

Its day 19 of the 21 days of Prayer and Fasting, It's "Petition Day"! An invitation to communicate with our Father, the desires of our heart. Simply put, a day to bring our prayer request. We are instructed to ask, so we can receive, to seek, so that we can find what we are in need of, to keep on knocking with assurance that the door will be open to us. This is not a day to demand what we want, after all we are not spoiled children, but its a day to discuss with our Father what he wants for us. Praying in line with His will is the key to getting what we ask for. To communicate with my Father, to have a discussion about those near and dear to my heart, to have confidence that he hears my prayers and that those prayers are pleasing to his ears.

The scriptures compare earthly parents, stating that earthly parents know how to give good gifts to their children, how much more will a heavenly father give good gifts to those who ask him. As a parent, I desire so many good things for my sons, I tell them often I long for great things for them, greater than they even desire for themselves. We communicate about the desires of their heart, the things they are working for and seeking after. As I listen, I know how to pray and intercede on their behalf, I watch for opportunities to connect them to their purpose. To encourage them along their pathway to excellence. I remind them, that God cares about the desires of their hearts, and no good thing will he keep from them. That everything that is good and perfect comes from Him!

Good or bad, our children will interact with God based on how they interact with us. If a child had a loving father, they will see God as a loving God, if they had a harsh, disciplinarian mother, they will see God as a harsh disciplinarian. When I was a little girl, I don't recall asking for much. As a teenager of course there were things I desired, but each request was met with opposition, a lecture of some kind, "do you think money grows on trees".  How is it that every parent in the world uses that same line. LOL! Honestly, that thought has come to my mind a time or two.

It took me awhile, to learn how to come before God, to know that I was welcome to come in His presence and share the desires of my heart. Even now, most of my prayers are not for myself. My petitions are for those I love, for those I see sad and lonely, for those who have been rejected and abandoned, for those without power to defend or provide for themselves, for the elderly widows in my life, for the children without loving parents, for the victims in our world, that they would be victims no more.

As I type these words, I now understand that these are the prayers that please my Father, these are the prayers He wants me to bring before Him. Wow! The desires of my heart are aligning with my Father's will. This is the thing though...over the years of my life, all 53 of them thus far...all that I have needed, He has provided...many of the good things in my life, I never actually prayed for...seeking Him daily...added things I could only have imagined...

So Unworthy...yet so THANKFUL!