Just read a blog that inspired me to write one myself. The blog was about the seemingly random encounters we have with people and if and how and to what extent they impact our lives (and the lives of others).
It reminded me of a conversation I had a few weeks ago with someone; it was about how everything in life is far more spiritual than we realize. Unfortunately, we out-of-sight-out-of-mind people constantly need to be reminded of that. One instant we’re “awake” to spirituality, the next, we behave as we’re completely oblivious to it. But “spirituality” is real.
That said every seemingly random “encounter” we experience MUST have an impact. Even the laws of nature declare this to be so. Nothing happens without affecting something else. Even sound waves never stop. Words spoken, songs sung, go on and on . . . forever.
Amazing.
It makes me wonder who and what is being affected when I, alone in my apartment, sit down at the piano and begin singing songs of praise, or even just sweet love songs. Are those moments really just between me and my God? Or do those songs do more than I realize?
The scriptures tell us that the prayers of the saints are “kept” and that they have the ability to make a difference. I’ve also read somewhere that we are to “pray without ceasing.” Our whole lives are, in essence, a prayer.
If that is the case, it must follow that everything we say, do, everywhere we go, everyone we encounter, ALL have the same impact that prayer has.
Amazing, isn’t it? A bit frightening and encouraging at the same time.
I’m sorry, “teacher,” everything isn’t “meaningless.” Quite the contrary. When God is alive in us EVERYTHING and EVERYONE, matters.
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brilliant stuff…. a friend of mine in London used to say “personality goes a long way” but you know what I think “spirituality goes even further”… beyond our knowing. i reckon songs of praise have a big impact in the heavenlies..
Good stuff, Steph! Thanks for sharing. I think of the lyrics,”Make my life a prayer to You…” I tend to so compartmentalize things,and put prayer in a box as something I do when I’m alone, really concentrating on talking to God. My thinking needs to change! I guess talking to someone else can value just as much as talking to Him (maybe even more when our hearts are in it), and maybe even lots of things I don’t think of as prayers are just that. Hmmm… thanks for giving me something to think about!
Blessings to you and I’ll be praying for your continued healing.
I don’t know when I’ll be back in the states, but if the Lord ever gives you the chance to come to Romania, you have an open invitation! That would be awesome!
And by all means, get some rest:)
Love,
Leslie