Love and Prayers

Love and prayers... two seemingly harmless words. This is a closing word I usually share with my family or church family when I am sending an email. I want them to know I love them, and that they are constantly in my prayers. Prayer is a good thing, and we know love is the greater than hope and greater than faith. Everyone needs to be loved.

I found myself the other day sending out an email. I don't even remember who it was or what it was about. But I remember I had tagged the "love and prayers" thing on the end, and sent it. As you know, an email sent is out there. It was not that I wasn't praying or didn't love, it was that I was afraid of how it was going to come across. The words "love and prayers" are an intimate setting I give to those close to me. And so I pondered, just how would those who don't know me in that way take the words, "love" attached. They might be able to handle the prayers part, but the love?

And so here I sit on a Saturday night, not intending to write. To tell you the truth, my brain is fried and my body is tired. It has been a full week. Major work and activities at the church I pastor have taken a toll on me. I am trying to refresh myself for tomorrow, as I am believing God is going to show up in a powerful way. I am stirring myself mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I want fresh fire in me so that I can impart it to those I serve.

And I find myself just feeling as if I should tell someone out there... you may stumble on this blog by accident. But I feel God wants me to tell you something.. "Love and Prayers."

To the widow who feels all alone. To the teen contemplating suicide. To the senior who feels as if your best days are behind you. To the young lady who just had an abortion and feels the weight of condemnation. To the couple who is fighting. To the discouraged pastor. To the one battling cancer, and to his wife. To the pastor's wife who lays awake and cries at night. To the lonely, hurting, sinful, discouraged. To the well, the happy, the blessed. To those on top of the world and those who feel the world is on top of them. I want to tell you something: "Love and Prayers."

There, I said it. No, I'm not taking it back, and I'm not ashamed to tell you.

Love and Prayers,
Pastor Ronnie