A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRAYER
Today's reading: 2 Thessalonians

"May the Lord bring you into an ever deeper understanding of the love of God and the endurance that comes from Christ." 2 Thessalonians 3:5 NLT

I don't see where Paul has prayed sunny days, flower-strewn paths and picnick-y kind of experiences for his new family.

Is that where we sometimes go wrong? The unsaved loved ones I have, the newly believing babes in Christ, the back-sliders--should I be praying less for ease and comfort and more for God's ways to bring them to their knees, re-direct their paths, obstacles and unlovely circumstances?

We don't learn about the deepness and vastness of God's love while we're on the mountaintop viewing the surrounding valleys and crevasses. We gain knowledge and heart-sense as He walks us through them.

Maybe it's time we pray a different kind of prayer.