For NaBloPoMo I am posting everyday this month. Thursdays are dedicated to gratitude and adding to my #1000Gratitudes list. Today I am thankful for #64, Small Prayers.
If you are a prayer I’m sure you have prayed for Paris, Beirut, and or the Syrian refugees over the last few days. The recent Terrorist attacks and the overall violent state of the world is in the forefront of most of our minds this week. One of the reasons having some kind of faith is so important is that in times like this, when many of us feel helpless, at least we can pray. We can pray for others, world peace, our own comfort, etc…
The other night after watching interviews with survivors of the Paris attacks I started to pray for the victims’ families, the injured, the post-traumatic stress of the survivors. While praying I felt so blessed that I was not praying for anyone I knew personally. Then I thought about what the prayers of those directly impacted must be like. I realized how small my prayers are in comparison.
Granted I do have 2 big prayers (for my mom’s health and my trying to conceive efforts) but most of my prayers are really insignificant. But, I pray a lot! Sometimes I think God must be like OMG it’s her again (Do you think God says OMG???) My prayers are for small things and sound something like this. God please allow my car to function properly and not have a flat. God please let them leave me alone at work. God please let me make the lights on the way to work. Lord please don’t let me have any of those weird dreams where you think your awake but you cannot move. Lord please don’t let me trip and fall and embarrass myself. Lord please don’t let me run into anyone annoying in the supermarket. You get the idea. Silly stuff. Small stuff.
My prayers are small because I am safe. I am not hungry. I have more clothes than can fit in my closet. I have a comfortable home. I know exactly when my next paycheck is coming and how much it will be. I also know that it will be more than enough to provide for my needs. Many people cannot make these same statements. My prayers are small because I am so very blessed that the majority of my everyday concerns are trivial.
Now I do not feel guilty for going to God with my small prayers. There is no such thing as big or small where He is concerned. I do however, feel so very grateful for all that I have. I am thankful for small prayers.
What are you thankful for???
Such a good question and so many things to be grateful for. I'm thankful for each and everyday I get.
Yes pray for the world. It is a difference between praying and becoming a worrier…dont do that. But you are right praying big or small God will hear you out he loves when you go to him!
There's definitely nothing wrong with the little things. He knows them all anyway, so honest prayers are definitely the best
I am Thankful for every breath I take. Breathing gives me the opportunity to continue to love and live.
I am thankful for my family friends. Without them, I would be struggling to keep my head above water.
I'm thankful for the simple, ordinary things in every day. We all have good days, and bad days. I am appreciative for all.
This is a great post especially with all the stuff going on in the world. I am thankful for my family and friends. Catherine S
I do little prayers like that throughout the day. I really don't think we can pray too much from God's perspective.
I find myself praying a lot more lately. I don't think prayer is something you can ever do too much of.
It is a good thing to be thankful and to not just be thankful around the holidays or scary times but all of the time. Tough on a daily basis but a good thing to strive for.
This is a very timely post! I think it is always a good thing to concentrate on what we are thankful for.
I am thankful for so many things in my life. My family is the most important.
I do pray for the things going on in the world as well as for my life. I think God is ok with me praying for my family, even when things like Paris is going on.
It's terrible what happened in Paris. I'm thankful to be back home from DC with all these new threats. We were in DC the day the attacks in Paris happened.
I am thankful for many things, especially after seeing how badly others in the world have it. I am thankful that my family and I are safe and mostly healthy.
I am thankful for the health and wellness of my family. This is such a wonderful reminder to be thankful for the big and small things.
I'm so thankful that I have my family and everyone is safe and healthy. I cannot imagine how ANYONE in the world feels when their loved one is a victim of a sense-less crime like these attacks, not just in Paris but all over the world. It's so disgusting
No prayer said with a pure heart is too small, in my opinion. It's the purely selfish requests I try to stay away from. LOL
I don't know what's going on in the world right now, but it's a scary place. I am also thankful that my family is safe, happy and has everything we need.