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Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6 NASB

It was Wednesday again. My schedule was packed and the phone wouldn't stop ringing at work. I was worried about my teenager flying alone across the country on her way to a mission trip that started in Miami. I didn't have time for prayer, let alone attending Moms in Touch, my small weekly prayer group.

Somehow I escaped from the office and drove to the church, where I felt impatient and irritated. But I was grimly obedient and began with praise to the Lord and soon, the worry and irritation fell away. I was focused on my Father and His perspective was so much bigger than my own. I began to relax and worship. I asked for His forgiveness on worry and busyness. I thanked Him for His goodness, specifically and with the help of my friends at the table.

I cried and then I laughed as I gave thanks for things that had gone right with my teenagers that week. And I let go and let God have the problems we had and my children. Right at the end, my cell phone rang. It was my traveling daughter's number and she was safe at the next airport. “What a fast answer to prayer!” I said, as I teased Aubrey and my friends. I left refreshed - the only time all week I spent more than five minutes in continuous prayer. I felt refocused on God's plan for the day.

I didn't have time for noontime prayer and I didn't have time to NOT do it.

Please join our Moms in Touch group at Hannaford Street Bible Church, beginning Monday October 15 at noon. We will meet each Monday to pray for our children. Feel free to contact me with any questions or if there's a better time for you.

Written by
Ellen Bush
rebush@bresnan.net