Prayables | someone new

Published: Fri, 10/16/20

Friday October 16, 2020

There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
C.S. Lewis

LUNCH DATE

She was traveling in Kenya and met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he had not eaten anything in over three days and was devastatingly skinny. His skin was sallow, his hair sparse, but his smile was wide and welcoming.

She was in the process of taking out a sandwich from the brown paper it was wrapped in. A bag of chips was tucked in the crook of her arm. A bottle of water wedged in the side of her backpack.

Without hesitation, she offered the man her lunch.

"We can share it." He said gleefully.

The tourist and her guest sat side by side on a bench in the square, eating together under the red African sky.

God looked down from above, and God was pleased.

By Susan Diamond
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Dear God thank You for bringing someone new to my life who I can laugh and share with, help and be helped by, and who has opened my heart to joy. In the
comfort of companionship, I am stronger and more satisfied. I pray you will do the same for others who seek a special friend.

Out of the chaos comes a realization. Disorder happens when you are working for material things rather than spiritual values. May God bless you with a
reversal of purpose that brings calm and contentment.

Amos 5:24 Do you know what I want? I want justice - oceans of it. I want fairness - rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.

GRATEFUL TO GOD AND TO YOU ALL

My wonderful brothers and sisters, I humbly request your prayers for proper diagnosis and successful resolution of my medical issues. Further, prayers to please protect my family from illness and harm. I also ask we join together in prayer so that our world heals....the pandemic and hatred and bigotry must end! I pray for us all daily and am grateful to God and to you all.

- mary ellen