I sat behind the desk at the back of the room, my leg twitching and my heart racing. The teachers moved around the room, passing out the exam papers and I had to close my eyes and breathe and pray.
It was hard to believe my final exams and finally started. The thought of it was a little overwhelming. I prayed and asked God for peace of mind and clarity of thought.
As I prayed, the names of all those people who had told me they are praying for me flowed through my mind.
It helped, at least a little.
The knowledge that there were people who cared for me enough to bring both me and my exams before God and pray on my behalf about them was encouraging and reassuring.
And so my point of thanksgiving today, on the 52nd day before Christmas is this:
I am so thankful for my friends and family and the care they lavish on me. But most of all, I am so, so grateful for their Gifts of Prayer. And the fact that those Gifts were heard and received by the One who has the power to answer them.
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