We were supposed to drive to two and half hours today for my husband's work meeting. I was looking forward to my library time and all the reading I would get done. But alas, the trip got cancelled, so while I am relieved we don't have that long drive ahead when I am so tired, I am frustrated that I won't accomplish much like I had hoped.
We will still be driving two hours today to my parents and spending the evening and morning tomorrow with them, so maybe it's good we don't have the first trip. Gives me time to rest a bit.
The Apostle Paul was really good at making extra long sentences. Here we have one of those.
He says they give thanks to God always, making mention of his readers in his prayers. This is convicting. Yes, I will mention so and so's ailment in my prayers or how so and so needs to shape up and would God please do something about them.
But how often do I pray specifically for others by name and give thanks for them?
Paul prays specifically thanking God for their their faith, labour of love and patience of hope in Jesus Christ. How often when I pray do I pray specifcally by name, giving thanks for others and mentioning their specific character qualities that are good?
Then Paul says that he prays all of this knowing their election of God. If God has chosen them for salvation, then we should pray for them as Paul prays. Who are we to complain against those whom God has chosen to save? Elsewhere in Scripture it says we are to be patient forebearing with one another.
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