THURSDAY THOUGHTS - Prayer: As Real As Terrestrial Gravity

Guest Post:

I am now writing the history of a most remarkable woman. She is 90 years old but looks no older than 75. Her life has been a work of faith in action. She was asked once how she raised six children who have wonderful value systems in tact. Her answer was simple yet profound. She answered this question with three simple words,"On my knees." As I spent hours with this woman, Eloise Stokes, I realized that her testimony of the power of prayer has carried her through a life that, like each of ours, has had all kinds of experiences; the good; the painful; the frustrating and the victorious. Writing her story has been and continues to be a most enlightening adventure for me.

Dr. Alexis Carrel shared the following thoughts about prayer:

"Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body,mind and spirit which gives the frail human its unshakable strength."

I want to add my own thoughts on prayer. It IS a real force; one that can give each of us strength far beyond our own. I have had experiences where prayer gave me comfort that I could have recieved from no other source. How wonderful it is to have this communication with one who is so much wiser than we are; whose eternal perspective helps us carry on with strength that we can get nowhere else. I know there are those who say that prayer is an emotional crutch. To them I would answer, "I can't think of a better one!" It sure beats drugs, alcohol, pornography, apathy and the countless other crutches out there that people turn to for answers.

Kathy Christensen
Guest Blogger
Breast Cancer Survivor
Member of Lifting Hearts