Prayables | ask and trust

Published: Mon, 07/26/21

Monday July 26, 2021

They say that seeing is believing. But it might be more true that believing leads to seeing. It’s often easier to discover the truth if we believe it’s there in the first place.
Seth Godin

You're not a chicken, and you don't have a wishbone. You have exactly 206 bones in your body that are all there for prayer. May God bless you with a
strong, healthy, unbreakable faith.

I ask, I trust, You hear me, You answer.

1 Peter 4:10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

DRAFTED INTO THE BIG LEAGUES

"Here’s a kid who won’t put God second"

It has now become a doubly historic Major League Baseball draft.
The Washington Nationals selected Elie Kligman with their final and 20th round pick on Tuesday, making him the second observant Orthodox Jewish player ever drafted into the league — and the second in two days. The Arizona Diamondbacks picked 17-year-old Long Island, New York, native Jacob Steinmetz 77th overall.

According to MLB.com, Kligman, 18, has moved towards becoming a catcher but has also played shortstop and thrown the ball 90 miles an hour as a pitcher. (The pitcher Steinmetz has reportedly touched as high as 97 miles per hour.) Kligman switch-hits as well, meaning he can bat righty or lefty, a skill that boosts his future value.

The Las Vegas native is also more observant than Steinmetz. While Steinmetz plays on the Jewish Sabbath — albeit in walking distance of his hotels on the road, so he does not have to use transportation — Kligman does not.

“That day of Shabbas is for God. I’m not going to change...read more

WISE CHOICES

I’m requesting prayers on behalf of our 20-year-old son. Prayers for wise choices with his current relationship. Prayers for protection, wisdom, discernment, strength and protection. Prayers for us as his parents, for faith and peace.

- angela