Pondering Prayer

During Morning Prayer in the Learning Center, each client was asked to pray for their personal prayer requests. When it was Bram’s turn to lift up to God what was heavy on his heart, he began by thanking the Lord for the opportunity to speak with him.

It seems silly right, to have a prelude to our prayers?

Or do we take being able to come to our Lord, knowing that he is always willing to listen, for granted?

I have had the privilege of getting to know Bram over this past year in the Learning Center, and it has been such a blessing. Bram is never shy about his 18 wheeler, and how much he loves the open road. There is not a conversation topic in the world that he could not turn around, by the end, to truck driving. And he will be the first to tell you that having a life where you are always on the go, and where you are forced to spend very long hours alone, can be very taxing on you both physically and spiritually. He has experienced the depths of loneliness and the emptiness of addictions, but because Bram has persevered through these tough times, he can fully appreciate someone who is willing to simply sit and listen. He will never take that for granted.

It is through this simple, grateful prayer where Bram reveals an acceptance of his past, and an understanding that he is here to serve the Lord, and not the other way around. How many of us can say the same things when we pray?

By Jon, Volunteer