It's that time again! I've been addressing (with my horrendous handwriting) & stuffing envelopes. Soon your mailbox will be filled with "picture perfect" families showing you their most stylish clothes and biggest smiles.
A friend told me Sunday that she saves her cards & uses them to pray for her friends & family throughout the year. What a great idea!
As I was addressing cards I thought why not say a prayer for each family as I address cards. Of course there was Dora blaring in the background and I had to break up a few fights but as I came to each friend I was reminded of marriage difficulties, friends who are having trouble conceiving, financial problems, even friends and family who don't know The Lord. I didn't spend 10 minutes on each card. I just said a simple prayer while addressing each envelope. It was wonderful to sit down and pray for others. So often I get caught up in praying for only what is directly around me.
So as you address your cards this season I encourage you to use that time to say a quick prayer for your friends and family.
Or if your boycott the whole Christmas card idea (we did last year) say a simple prayer for each family that choses to send you a card.
I love getting cards! Who doesn't? But how awesome would it be if everyone used them to pray specifically for each other.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-10
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