Big Asks....Big God.
Yesterday’s sermon was about prayer. One of the points that Bryan made was that the point in prayer isn’t what we *get* - it’s that we get to commune with The One who has the ability to give. That got me thinking....If the *only* thing I got from prayer was the opportunity to be in the presence of God, would it be *enough*? To be honest, my gut reaction to my question was “no.” It’s sometimes hard to wrap my head around the concept that an invisible God can manifest in ways that aren’t in my little box. But then I thought back to the summer of 2017. My marriage had just fallen apart - more like blasted apart. Though my heart was in a million pieces, I wanted so badly for God to fix my marriage. SO badly. I would pray, “It’s going to take a miracle. But I know YOU CAN do it, Father. It’s going to HAVE to be You - nothing I’ve tried works. Now, please go out and do your thing, God! Make it happen, PLEASE!!” It was the second biggest ask I had ever made of God, and I *felt*