different... but the same

As we are getting ready to enter a week of 24/7 prayer, I was just thinking about the significance of us all coming together for one purpose.

We, as people, can be so different from each other: the way we look, act, feel, respond, and communicate can cover a wide spectrum. And after connecting with many different circles of prayers/intercessors, I've also seen very diverse ways people engage in prayer: full of passion and energy, in a sweet silence, poetically and artfully, or beautifully simple. I've seen/experienced times when our prayers are spoken, written, sung, painted, whispered, wept, speechlessly felt, and above all, lived. Yeah, its as beautiful thing when our very lives become our prayer...

So let's totally embrace that... how amazing it is when such a diverse community of people can come together for a single purpose... to be close, to communicate with, and to experience the Living and present God that we love.

Don't forget to sign-up for a block or two, and I'll see you guys on the lawn or in the chapel next week.

Full of hope...

cindi