A Prayer of The Heart

     A prayer from your heart is a true connection to God. It is a pure connection from deep down within your soul. When you pour out your heart to God with all sincerity he will listen to you. Psalm 145:18 " The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth." Psalm 44:21 "Would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart." God will know if our prayer was sincere for he knows what is within of our heart. 
     In this sincerity of prayer we show him our true self. God knows our hearts maybe that is why he continues to let the sunshine and the rain fall. He sees past our imperfections and sees a people who can be better. In our failings and vulnerabilities, God continues to show us his mercy and love by helping us.
     When we are at a low point in our life we will say a heartfelt prayer. When we are at a low point, we will asked for God's intervention. In this time of need even a wolf will become a sheep in need of a shepherd.
     Maybe there is a sheep inside of all of us and under certain conditions it appears. A sheep that God sees and loves. God waits patiently for people's hearts to soften and his flock to form (2 Peter3:9). In their prayer's he hears their voice and answers them according to his will. In our time of helplessness, we are meek and our minds are open for any type of help. We cry out to God and he listens. He sees our frailties and our mortal condition and shows us his mercy. His showers down upon us his undeserving forgiveness and love. 
     A simple prayer from my heart I will pray to God. In all due humility and respect I will bow my head low. A prayer of thankfulness for all that he has done. I am thankful for his mercy and kindness. He is our heavenly Father and we are his flock, like lost sheep we will always have need for his help. "Heavenly Father I pray for forgiveness of our sins and please continue to watch over us and protect us. Thank you for your love that you have shown us. Keep us safe from evil and help us resist temptation so that we do not go astray. Thank you for listening to us and answering our prayers. My we all stay as sheep in your sight so that you can shepherd over us and leads us out of our troubles. In Jesus Christ name I pray, Amen."

A Bearer of Light

      Nathan's Hale famous words "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." I would like to go further and say "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my God." 1 John 4:8 "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love." God is love and I would die for him a thousand times over to keep love alive in this world. Never do I want love to disappear from our world. A world without love is a world full of hopelessness and despair. Without love within our hearts, fear will take over and fill our world full of violence and death.
     What can I do to save our world from itself is to carry the light of our Lord within my heart and never to let it go. Jesus said to us in Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." I carry the light of our Lord within my heart and I want to share that love with others. I will not walk a dark path doing evil because I love the feeling of the light within me.
     Why do people attack verbally and physically the light bearers of God? It is total insanity to me. The light bearers shine the love of God upon this world. They walk a righteous path, doing good works and preaching about loving each other instead of hating. Colossians 3:12-15 "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."
     Yes I am willing to lay down my life for all the good things that God represents. I cannot see in the dark nor can I live in the dark, I must have light to live. I want to live in a world that has compassion and kindness. I want all of us to live without fear. I want love to rule over our hearts so to have peace and security within our lives. I will continue to be a light bearer for our Lord in order that one day to live in a better world. I will continue to serve the God of love until my dying day.