Last evening at dinner time Jeremy said, “Hey, Grandma, would you like to go to the 24-7 Urban Prayer Room tonight?” Sure, I would, so we went to a warehouse in north Charlotte and got blown away. To quote their publicity, it’s a “sacred space of raw warehouse transformed into an incubator for intimacy with God and involvement in our world. Comfortable chairs, study tools, thought-provoking art. Space to step out of the fray, pray, read, reflect, refuel.” We stayed about two hours, and for most of the time we were the only ones there. You’d have to experience it! (You can learn more at www. charlotte24-7.com.)

Here’s a quote I copied:
“This is the paradigm shift:
That I must not simply do what I can,
I must do what it takes.
And risk drowning
To swim in the sea of His will.
Risk failing!
Apparently there's a growing movement of 24-7 houses of prayer around the world.

Correction: I didn’t learn about “The Red Sea Rules” from hannatu.blogspot.com, as I said yesterday. But I have no idea where I did read about it. Does anyone out there know? In any case, it’s a good and helpful book.

Our friend with the vision-threatening eye disease says she believes healing is coming slowly. This stirs us up to continue praying. A missionary friend is driving today on treacherously slippery mountain roads in southern Mexico, made far more treacherous by civil instability. So we pray for him too. And I can never begin or end a day without praying for wisdom for our government leaders and for God’s mercy in our troubled world.

Blessings,
Carol