 Moths are pretty insects. I enjoy watching them and butterflies flitting around my garden even this time of year when things are not blooming.
Like most things, I suppose, moths have a good and bad side. There are silkworm moths and moths that eat fibers such as silk. Moths can be major pests for crops and the gypsy moth has devastated forests in the northeastern U.S. What do moths have to do with prayer, you might be wondering at this point. Like moths, several things can have both good and bad effects on our prayer life. My smart phone, for example, can provide me with an app for the Bible so that I can read it anywhere. But my smart phone can also distract me with email, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Spiritual books can be an aid to my prayer life. But they can also take up my time so that none is left for prayer. I can read commentaries on the Scriptures, and never get around to reading Scripture itself. Since I have started keeping my prayer journal exclusively on the computer, not in a notebook, I find distractions on my computer and around my desk. Distractions are also outside the window where I can watch the squirrels, the butterflies and the moths. Jesus, help me to focus on you and not the distractions.
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 How big will the tent be? I don't know. But beginning September 25 and continuing through the election on November 6, a tent will be erected on the Ellipse. The purpose is to offer 24/7 praise and worship to our God leading up to the election. Continuous prayer will be offered for our nation for over 40 days.
When the group sponsoring David's Tent sent in the application for a space to meet in DC, they expected to be placed at McPherson's Square, where the Occupy DC movement had been camped. Instead, they were offered the Ellipse. The Parks Department realized that something sacred was being done and placed them on the Ellipse. No one has been able to hold anything on the Ellipse since 9/11. So I think God is at work in getting this house of prayer right in the center of our national government. If you live in the DC area or you are visiting our nation's capitol, I hope you will drop by the tent for a time of prayer. There will be music for worship during the day, but at 9:00 each evening, the music and amplification will stop. For further information check out: http://www.davidstentdc.org/ Hope to see you there. It's Labor Day and I have been at the local Labor Day Festival for the last two days. It’s great to get out and see people having fun, riding the rides, playing the midway games, winning a few stuffed animals, eating all kinds of food, and playing some bingo. On Friday I helped the local Church collect the money for Bingo because they were shorthanded. Amazingly, every table in my section won while I was working. Thank you, Jesus, for their fortune. It was fun to see them all
win. Numbers 3:5 - 8 The Lord said to Moses, “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle. They are to take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle." To take care of the tabernacle was their work. To offer worship was the work of Aaron and his sons. Anyone else who tried to approach the tabernacle was to be put to death (Numbers 3:10, 38). So I guess it is not so odd that when I sit down to pray I think of it as my work. I ask, What are going to do today, Jesus? And I think of that as working together. We are supposed to be co-workers, co-laborers in the vineyard, but I hadn’t thought so much about being co-laborers at prayer time. However, it is true that not everything is accomplished by physical work; much is also accomplished by spiritual work. So, Jesus, what are we going to do today? |
AliceI started this website and blog on May 1, 2012. I am a Catholic who has been in ministry for many years. I first developed what I would call a close relationship with Jesus in the early 1970s. Ever since then I have been praying with people for healing and other needs. It is because I have seen so many of these prayers answered that I am so bold as to offer to pray for you individually through this website and phone line. Archives
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