When God meets His Daughters
"After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
— Matthew 6:9-13
It has been noted by some how throughout Scriptures, it seems that men climb mountains and scale terrains to meet God face to face, but the same God of the universe comes to meet women where we are.
The widow who was met by Elisha, who had but a little flour and oil which the Lord required she use, and the supplies never ran out (2 Kings 4).
The woman at the well, a Samaritan, not used to encounters with Jews, let alone the Messiah who knew all that she had ever done (John 4).
Mary Magdalene, to whom Jesus appeared at the tomb after His death and resurrection (John 20).
And we shall remember the encounter that Mary had with our Blessed Savior, when the Holy Spirit met her in immaculate conception (Luke 1).
Recently I’ve been inspired to meditate on the lines in the Lord’s prayer, and throughout my days have been developing the verbiage to pray through certain elements of this prayer. Praying through forgiveness while hand washing dishes in the kitchen sink. Praying that His name be hallowed as I wind down in my bathroom during my evening routine. Recalling the prayer for His Kingdom to come, His will be done, as I breathe and move through my errands and tasks for each day. Not my will but His.
He is the Bread of Life, the One who multiplies the little that we can offer Him, as the boy offered Jesus the loaves and fish which ended up feeding five thousand (Matthew 14). Yet let us offer Him what little we have, not the little from what abundance we have. Let us be as the widow who gave the only two copper coins she had (Mark 12), as Mary of Bethany who broke the alabaster jar to anoint Jesus’ feet (Mark 14). Let us not in our arrogance hold back what was never ours to keep, but was meant to be stewarded for His Kingdom and for His glory.
Elisabeth Elliot said, “The rhythm of life is one of God’s mercies.” — how true is that? When we stop to consider the intricacies woven within the mundane days, the cycles of birth and death we experience from dawn to dusk, and consider the beat to each breath we breathe, we may no longer miss the miracle that it is to simply be alive and move through the day.
So, how can we steward each day to give Him glory, to immerse each moment in prayerfulness aligned with the pattern introduced us by Jesus in the Lord’s prayer?
I invite you to remember how Jesus prayed as you go about, and pray through, your days. May we never discount nor discredit the immense value of each sacrifice, each act of obedience, every posture of surrender we can make and deepen in, in each given moment.
As we await His return…
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