Because I Don’t Want to Sleep

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Slowly the blossom opened. Awakening to the beauty it held inside.

Awakening to the truth of the world–exposed, delicate, beautiful, and finally awake.

Awakenings often include a dying of sorts. Letting go of all you once knew to open up and break apart that beauty may come.

God has been rousing me from a slumber which I loathe admitting I succumbed to. It started banging around in my heart and head after I read what Samuel told Israel right before he died, “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you.” 1 Samuel 12:23a Failing to pray for someone is sinning against God. Ouch.

Then Paul tells us to pray continually and “be alert and always keep on praying for the saints.” (Eph. 6:18)

Continually praying, staying alert, always praying…I have been asleep too long. So here is my plan for the next 30 days…

  1. I won’t let my mind wander, instead I’ll  pray. Pray while I type, drive, and read. Pray while I clean.
  2. I am going to write the word pray on index cards and place them on my bathroom mirror, on my refrigerator, on the dash of my car, in the books I am reading, anywhere I will see it and remember to pray.
  3. At least once a day I will look at my prayer journal and pray for the needs, add needs, and write in the answers to prayers I have received.

Do you want to join me? I’d love to cheer you on and have your support as we pray together.

Angela Mackey

Author and Speaker

Angela is a stumbling woman in need of God’s scandalous grace. Through faith in Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, she bears the name Christian. She speaks and writes to make much of this God, His only Son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit who lives in her. She graduated college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse. She also obtained her Masters of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies through Knox Theological Seminary.