The Simplicity of Prayer

4:50 AM 12.10.19

Sitting alone: taking a nice hot bubble bath and I hear a fuss coming from our bedroom;

In peaks my darling holding our 3 year old son .

They both looked at me through the mirror and went back towards the room to get as much shut eye as they can before we start our day.

I can feel the distaste piercing the air, my darling is disgusted with me.

They say perception is reality; I live by that statement.

When we locked eyes through the mirror, he saw that I was wasting time taking a bath while texting God knows who about anything but something of importance.

What he didn’t know was I was actually praying.

“Your mom has lost her mind . She wakes up early only to waste more time taking a bubble bath” he says to our son.

“You’ve been having your face in your phone a lot lately” he groans to me .

I started to defend myself, “You don’t even know what I’m doing” I say

“Texting everybody about nothing” he continues .

Habitually filled with anxiety and pride I’d "burst his bubble", but with time I’m learning the truth speaks for itself and besides; He obviously woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

So as I continued to type out my prayer, I decided to add him in it.

After my relaxing bath, I got myself together.

I got our children dress & I made oatmeal for breakfast; the children loves oatmeal.

My darling had fallen back to sleep, I woke him up to eat breakfast & it was like waking up a completely different person.

Groans of disgust had shifted to expressions of gratitude.

The only tension left in the air was from me still holding on to his disturbance of my peaceful morning.

But of course, that didn’t last for long.

His peaceful and loving demeanor cleared the air right up!

All I could think to myself was “My God, just like that hunh?” my soul smiled with comfort.

Just imagine!

If we entrusted every situation, every obstacle with our God instead of always taking matters into our own hands, we could avoid a lot of foolery!

What I learned I had already knew and heard so many times before.

At times we're moving so fast, full of emotion, we forget to apply the simplicity of prayer.

Here's a friendly reminder!

Prayer changes things! Even the simplest of things, he can shift for the greater good if you just have a little faith and trust in him

So my message for today I'm sure is very clear.

Make it a habit to pray about anything! Not just about materialistic things or extreme situations.

If there is no problem too big for our God, surely there is no problem too small.

-Anita Wilson