Is Prayer Worthwhile?
Discouraged. That's how she felt. Thoughts of whether or not her prayers were worthwhile clouded her mind, and she wondered if God would ever come through and work as she had been pleading Him to. Did her prayers really matter? Frustration, sadness, discouragement, disillusionment . . . these emotions hung over her like a cloud, and she wondered where to turn--what to do. "Does He hear me?," she wondered, "Why can't I see Him working?" Do you identify with "her"? I do. But maybe that's because these words are a description of me. Just last weekend I felt like I was living inside a gray cloud. Discouragement filled my heart and mind because I could not see God at work in those areas where I was begging Him to show up. However, in the midst of the dark cloud of discouragement, the Lord sent a piercing ray of light to my heart. He encouraged my weary soul with His truth and in so doing reminded me of His incredibly persona...