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The Prayer Room / Mar 26, 09:36 AM
My freshman year of college, a few friends of mine invited me to come with them to a Prayer Room at the church across the street from our campus. It was beautiful. It was the first time that I had experienced such freedom in worshiping my Savior. Over the next few years, we visited often; nearly once a week, praying for revival for our campus, encouraging brothers and sisters in Christ, weeping, praising, and even mentoring the younger college students as they came to be a part of our family. During the last week as seniors, we held a special meeting where we said our “goodbyes” by washing the feet of all those younger than ourselves; the passing on of a torch, if you will.
The first time I ever ventured into the prayer room by myself was the morning of a good friend’s funeral, 2 1/2 years ago – the funeral was being held in the very church that the prayer room is in. I pretty much paced over the entire room, simply balling and talking to God more freely than I had in a while. It was a very heart breaking time in my life.
Well, I had one of those again this Spring Break while I was home. I went to the prayer room and I simply balled and paced. Part of the time, I had so many differing emotions that I wasn’t even sure why I was crying; I just knew that I needed to. I feel like my life has changed so drastically these past 2 years. Anyways, it is good to be in a state of brokenness. It truly is when I have learned the most about trusting God. I put in a CD as I paced and prayed and was just constantly reminded of how magnificent, faithful, loving, trustworthy, and AWESOME God is. I love Him so much – and I really believe that through that experience, I received the rejuvenation and re-focus that I had been praying for during the prior weeks.
This morning for devotion, I read these verses that have meant a lot to me…
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” – Psalm 27:13-14
He is so, so good.
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You hit the nail on the head. Thanks Moose.
By Jordan / Mar 26, 06:59 PM / #
Amen.
By Ashley / Mar 27, 10:09 AM / #