The Prodigal Life

Throughout Scripture we see leaders and prayer warriors walk, pray, and listen for what God is doing and desires to do. -        Caleb and Joshua helped spy out the promised land in Numbers 13 -        Nehemiah rode around the city of Jerusalem praying and assessing the work to which God had called them (Nehemiah 1). -        Paul wandered around the city of Athens making spiritual observations and allowing the Holy Spirit to disturb his heart about the false gods and idol worship in the city (Acts 17). Ways we may hear from God during a prayer walk: -        A passage of Scripture comes to mind -        A song or poem or sometimes even just one word keeps coming to mind -        You may notice things you’ve never noticed before or you may see patterns or themes that stand out to you - ...

"You have your mom's hands!" I looked down at my hands, unsure what to say. It was the second time someone said those words last weekend. I noticed my long, thin fingers and knobby knuckles, slightly deformed from jammed fingers, childhood adventures, and a few years of rock climbing. One of my fingers points slightly to the left. I'm not sure when that happened, but I am sure it came from a stubborn, competitive attempt to win at some childhood game or dare. My mom's hands are neither small nor large. They always seemed just the right size to me. She, too, has knobby knuckles from childhood games, teenage adventures, and hard work on the farm. I remember a story Mom told me once about getting a jammed finger while playing (I think at school and I think the game was tetherball). The nurse put her finger in a a jar of some antiseptic or peroxide and Mom's finger swelled to the point she couldn't get her finger out of the jar. Mom's hands are not rough...