Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Dec 9, 2007 6:50:51 GMT -5
Come Back To The Garden Of Prayer
How often do we lay out a request before the Father
in desperation, to declare what we need.
In passion we pray for the first several days
like a gardener out planting seeds.
But we easily become discouraged when God doesn't move
and respond at the speed we desire.
So we give up & stop praying...stop seeking His answers
and stop believing in His wisdom and fire.
But no gardener would ever lay seeds in his garden
without returning to the garden each day.
Such is the pattern we must follow in faith
to move forward and constantly pray.
We must keep coming back to pray in the garden
where by faith we believe He is there.
And we weep in surrender to create the very water
that nourishes the seeds of our prayers.
And just as the gardener believes something will grow
and push up from the dark soil of earth.
So we also believe God is working unseen
and hears our prayers for all they are worth.
Great faith is built in the process of waiting
where the heart melts in communion each day.
For the patience of the gardener is rewarded in time
and so are we when we press through and pray.
© Sheila Gosney
How often do we lay out a request before the Father
in desperation, to declare what we need.
In passion we pray for the first several days
like a gardener out planting seeds.
But we easily become discouraged when God doesn't move
and respond at the speed we desire.
So we give up & stop praying...stop seeking His answers
and stop believing in His wisdom and fire.
But no gardener would ever lay seeds in his garden
without returning to the garden each day.
Such is the pattern we must follow in faith
to move forward and constantly pray.
We must keep coming back to pray in the garden
where by faith we believe He is there.
And we weep in surrender to create the very water
that nourishes the seeds of our prayers.
And just as the gardener believes something will grow
and push up from the dark soil of earth.
So we also believe God is working unseen
and hears our prayers for all they are worth.
Great faith is built in the process of waiting
where the heart melts in communion each day.
For the patience of the gardener is rewarded in time
and so are we when we press through and pray.
© Sheila Gosney