I recently returned home from being away for six weeks. Though I had a wonderful time, when I turned onto my street and saw my house, I was overwhelmed with a sense of joy.
I was home. A place I knew well and felt comfortable.
That’s why, when I picked up the devotional book I had been reading before I left--pray a word a day: volume 2 --and saw the word for that day was “place” my interest was piqued. After reading it, I had to share it with you.
Here it is.
“A good friend told me the importance of having a place to pray.
My first chair still holds fond memories. It was a $5 special from Goodwill. It was in this chair I made my place to pray before my family got moving each day.
It was in that chair I began reading through the Bible, which I would do over and over again as the years passed. It was in that chair I asked God why my eleven-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer. It was in that chair I wrestled with financial debt and worry.
That was the spot where God met me every day. He never missed a day. Having a place to meet with God has been invaluable.
The practice of being in a solitary place for ten, twenty, thirty minutes each day reminds me where my help comes from, the Maker of Heaven and earth.” — Mark W. Salley
This devotion reminded me that if our physical home can provide us with a sense of peace and comfort and security, then how much more important is it to have a “place” where we meet with God who provides perfect peace and comfort and security.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. (Matthew 6:6 NIV)
Do you have that special place, a special chair, where you and God get together each day? I hope so.
I was home. A place I knew well and felt comfortable.
That’s why, when I picked up the devotional book I had been reading before I left--pray a word a day: volume 2 --and saw the word for that day was “place” my interest was piqued. After reading it, I had to share it with you.
Here it is.
“A good friend told me the importance of having a place to pray.
My first chair still holds fond memories. It was a $5 special from Goodwill. It was in this chair I made my place to pray before my family got moving each day.
It was in that chair I began reading through the Bible, which I would do over and over again as the years passed. It was in that chair I asked God why my eleven-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer. It was in that chair I wrestled with financial debt and worry.
That was the spot where God met me every day. He never missed a day. Having a place to meet with God has been invaluable.
The practice of being in a solitary place for ten, twenty, thirty minutes each day reminds me where my help comes from, the Maker of Heaven and earth.” — Mark W. Salley
This devotion reminded me that if our physical home can provide us with a sense of peace and comfort and security, then how much more important is it to have a “place” where we meet with God who provides perfect peace and comfort and security.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. (Matthew 6:6 NIV)
Do you have that special place, a special chair, where you and God get together each day? I hope so.
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