Day 20 - 150 Day Challenge

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 Psalm 20

This Psalm to me is a prayer of blessing to others.  When become Christians and experience the blessings and love of God, we automatically want that same feeling for those around us.

I liken it, in a way, to a feeling of being in love.  Remember when you first fell in love with your spouse and you wished that everyone you knew could feel the way that you felt?  That is the way that we, as Christians are about our faith.  We want to share that special feeling with everyone around us, so that they can experience it too.

In our zeal to share that enjoyment, though, we need to be mindful that not everyone is looking for the same thing we are.  This passage even says that some believe in other things.

Of course this doesn't mean we can't pray blessings for others.  I do it all the time, but we should be respectful. I have encountered some non-Christians who do not wish to be prayed for and they feel condescended to when a Christian says they will pray for them in regards to a problem in their lives or for salvation.

This passage is also a prayer that the desires of ones heart will be given and that his plans succeed.  This is a prayer that I pray for my children on a regular basis.  I know that there is nothing more blessed than to be given what you long for and to have your plans work out.  I pray that my children would be able to experience this blessing in their lives.

I would be lying if I said I didn't care if my children chose Christianity as their faith base.  As a mom and as a Christian myself, I greatly hope that they chose that path for their lives also.  I won't stand in their way if they choose something different, but I pray daily that they will choose what I believe to be the truth.  I also teach them the lessons of my faith and help them to sort out the complexities of it's tenants as they grow.  I don't think this is much different than any other mom would do, no matter which faith one subscribes to.

Yes, I long for my children to know the God that I know.  I yearn for them to feel His grace and compassion.  I want for them to find the path that I believe He has already set in place for them.  I pray that they would feel confirmation of their place in this world, that their plans would succeed.

I believe that there is only one who loves these beings, my children more than I do and that is God.  I trust him to lead them, guide them and make them into the contributing members of society that they are destined to be.

© KDV 2009

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