I've had this post started for weeks and really can't find the words to fully share about the sweet time in our church prayer garden on the National Day of Prayer. Our staff beautifully set up multiple stations to represent different elements of prayer with sweet music playing and hands-on activities to make it all so tangible for old and young.
We started by writing our favorite attributes of God and then praying together, praising Him for being eternal, grace-giving, shepherding, redeeming, holy. How incredible that such a great God hears our prayers and longs for communion with us.
We added gifts to the gratitude tree and gave thanks for our many blessings and then headed to the cross. Here we wrote sin that we wanted to nail and leave there...fear, being mean, selfishness, judgmental attitudes. And then a time of confessional prayer...and marking stones at the foot of the cross with hope.
There were pictures of places and people in government, school systems, etc to kneel and pray over. A map of the world to mark and pray for peoples in other lands. And salvation bracelets to make and take home to remember our lost family, friends and neighbors that we prayed for there. Hearing the kids pray with such love for people and things that I didn't even know were on their hearts brought me to tears at every stop.
We ended at the firepit, writing a list of supplicating prayers for us and people in our lives. Garner asked to write down the names of her friends to pray for.
Then we offered them all up to Him, leaving it all at the altar...
Again, hard to describe or convey the preciousness of the time with them, but I never want to forget it. Easily, one of my favorite times with them ever.
My mama heart overflows with joy to think on it again even now...
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 1 Chronicles 16:11
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
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