A pastor is invited to a family’s home for Sunday dinner.  Before anyone says grace, the children begin to eat.  The embarrassed mom gives them a quick reprimand, and the kids stare being a bit confused.  The pastor then offers grace in strange silence.

“We do not always say grace before meals,” the mom explains.  “We just take it for granted that God knows how grateful we are!”

Why should we pray?  After all, God knows how grateful we are.  The trouble  with this kind of thinking is that it never stays at the dinner table!  It leaves the table and roams over the rest of our lives.  And soon, we find ourselves wondering why we should pray at all.

Why do we pray?  Why do we need a Be Still and Know time?  We pray to deepen our relationship with Him.  We pray  we may know the one True God and His Son Jesus.  We pray  we may grow to be more like Him and for others to share this life with their heavenly Father.  We pray for His joy and the strength it brings, for peace in the midst of every storm, and for great guidance.  We pray He may know we take nothing for granted!

And today, I pray for you.  Sit and Be still and know His will, His perfect and wonderful will for your life.  Margi

Devote yourself to prayer, being watchful and  thankful. Colossians 4:2