It’s been an amazing week. It really has.
While I’ve battled pain and exhaustion on several fronts, the difference this week, more than anything, has been in my attitude. Looking back at my journal entries for the last few days, I see a distinct pattern.
I’ve started praying again.
Not that I haven’t been praying. But I’d have to admit that my time with God had become something…rote. Lazy even. Same prayers murmured each morning in the shower. A yawning through my thankfulness at the end of the day.
The difference I think has been in fellowship. You see I made a commitment with a dear friend, to meet online the first thing each morning (a sacrifice on my part, I’m NOT a morning person by any stretch of the imagination) so that we can begin our day, together, in prayer.
This is more than accountability, though that was what I first expected. There’s something more personal, more intimate in fellowship that involves a group, even if the group is a small one. After all, doesn’t the Bible even tell us to seek out fellowship when we pray. Is it because our voices are louder when paired with someone else’s? Honestly, no. I tend to think that fellowship in prayer is more to our benefit than God’s (though I’m sure He enjoys when we do.)
Either way, I feel closer to God than I have in a long time.
And in a sense I feel closer to my friend as well.
Prayer partners…who’d have thunk it, huh? I can’t wait for tomorrow morning…
Life in Transition 
Nice post- thoughtful and inspirational. Have a good weekend.
Hi Kristine, I have been studying the disciplines of the Christian faith and certainly prayer and fellowship are both important elements of our faith that help us get closer to God as you have pointed out. I pray you find your life at rest in Him. God bless, Maria from Delight Directed Living