Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father

Ephesians 6:23&24 Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

How is your life going?  Is it a bowl or cherries, noodle salad, or ducky?  Or is it like most people, a constant struggle? Now matter how things are right this minute or on this day, it will change. That is one constant in life, CHANGE.

We live in a world where life is "messy". It is filled with all manner of difficulties. These difficulties come in the form of jobs, coworkers, health, family, friends, cars, and homes to just name a few. Each of the above, either singly or in combination can drag us down. Our focus on our faith can be diverted for short or long durations of time. And it seems that when one grabs your attention and acts like an albatross hanging from your neck, another joins it, then another, and another and so on and so forth. Not good by any stretch of the imagination. What are we to do?

Prayer is always a good place to start. We have that wonderful gift from our Father and reinforced as to the necessity by Jesus. Through out his life and ministry staying close to the Father was a vital part of his life. And prayer is just as important to us today. When we enter into a conversation with our Father in Heaven, we find that peace of God that surpasses all understanding. We grasp onto the love the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have for us poor sinners. And we embrace the grace given freely to all who call Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior. We can find comfort right there, and at any time. We can put the cares of the world behind us, seek the counsel and the will of God in prayer. Today, let us resolve to try prayer first instead of only when all of our efforts have failed.  Love and faith from God the Father and Jesus Christ is right there, no matter how well or poorly our lives are going.

PRAYER: Lord and Giver of Life, You are there for us at all times and in all places. Your gift of prayer allows us to reach out to you, just as a child reaches out for the hand of a parent. We struggle at times to remember to pray first instead of when our own feeble efforts fail. Guide us through Your Holy Spirit to keep prayer as a first step in our efforts. Help us to remember to seek Your will in all that we do. This we ask in the strong name of Jesus Christ, Who with the Father and the Spirit reign as one God, now and forever. Amen