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We pray before we eat. Before our days begin. Before we go to sleep. Often, we pray before big events and decisions. We pray as loved ones face difficulties. But we don’t have to stop there.
Keep praying after.
In our limited sense of time, that can feel futile.
Why pray about something that has already happened? Can the Lord change even that which is in retrospect? Is He sovereign over history when it’s already been written?
Yes.
History, it is often said, is life’s greatest teacher. To build better futures, we look at the past. So praying in retrospect makes sense.
Unlike “changers” in sci-fi movies that erase and replant memories, the Lord is in the business of changing hearts. And while that may not change history, it changes our perspective of it. That makes all the difference.
After you complete that nerve-wracking conversation, pray. Turn to the Lord. He can work in your heart to use that conversation for good. He does, after all, work all things together for the good of those who love Him according to His will and great purposes (Romans 8:28.)
He can also change the heart of the one you spoke to. Or the loved one who faced the tragedy. And even the course of that decision you made that you’re not so sure about.
It’s never too late with the Lord,
…and that should effect how we live in this world and how we relate to others. Forgiveness is all the more possible when we live in the truth of that fact: grace has no expiration date. Not between the Lord and any of us, and not between any of us at all.
So pray after it all goes crazy, it all goes well, and you have no idea how any of it could go anywhere. He remains faithful and above all.
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.” –1 Chronicles 29:11
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love this … i just hit the publish button on a post on praying today, too.
kindred spirits, yes?
Yes! Love when the Lord does that! I’ll have to look it up : )
Awesome post on prayer! So blessed to visit with you today! Thanks so much for sharing! Hope you’ll stop by and link-up with me today! Peace and many blessings to you, Love! 🙂
I am blessed by your words, too, Tai! I was out for the day but I will try next week : )
Ok, Love! Sounds good! Happy Sunday! 🙂