I remember you in my...
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"I remember you in my prayers," Paul said. Are these mere, quick words addressed to another who is in some turmoil or trouble or other circumstance of change -- words spoken as an escape when we don't know what to say? No, I don't think so.
"I remember you in my prayers" reminds us of the bond between two Christians. It calls us to our divine link with God.
"I remember you in my prayers" speaks of the automatic connection, a connection as intangible yet as real as the promising span of the rainbow. Even the speaking, even the thinking, of these six words is a prayer.
Do these words tell us that the attitude of praying is as active as spewing forth a prayer of many words? Do these words communicate the same intimacy as the glance shared between a couple -- long together -- who need not rehearse a lifetime of words to say, "I love you?"
"I remember you in my prayers" is the shorthand connector which conveys our openness to God and clears the path so that the one who prays and the one prayed for both remember that we are conduits for rather than commanders of God's actions.
"I remember you in my prayers" reminds us of the bond between two Christians. It calls us to our divine link with God.
"I remember you in my prayers" speaks of the automatic connection, a connection as intangible yet as real as the promising span of the rainbow. Even the speaking, even the thinking, of these six words is a prayer.
Do these words tell us that the attitude of praying is as active as spewing forth a prayer of many words? Do these words communicate the same intimacy as the glance shared between a couple -- long together -- who need not rehearse a lifetime of words to say, "I love you?"
"I remember you in my prayers" is the shorthand connector which conveys our openness to God and clears the path so that the one who prays and the one prayed for both remember that we are conduits for rather than commanders of God's actions.
