Erinnicole's Prayer: Falling Up's "Places"

This is where my heart it longs to be

Hurting You, Needing You

This is exactly where my heart is. It hurts because I need God. i hate that i let so many things in my life come in the way of my relationship with God. I was actually thinking about this a lot yesterday because i was trying to come up with some things for REAP talks and i was just generally thinking about picking my friends over Jesus. the argument i put to it was, "i dont know why i do that, because i can always hang out with my friends the next weekend or day so why cant i spend time with Jesus?" but then the other side of me replied, "well hey erin, doesn't jesus always want to spend time with you? won't he always be waiting his turn? it isnt like he would desert you after a few ditches like your 'friends' would, right?" it was kind of a weird thought and my solution was this: why can't i just bring Jesus with me? i understand that it is difficult but that will be my newest personal prayer intention because i know for certain that if i bring God back into my life 100% like He always has been, then all of the other things will fall into place.....o that was weird...this song was "falling up's places"...falling up into place....i adore wordplay.

Marie's Prayer: Falling Up's "Places"

This is where I'm always gonna be
Suffering

I feel like I need to get out of this place that I'm in. Just waiting and suffering. I need to feel other things besides hurt. I'm going to look on the brighter side of things and wait out the bad. They say there's a calm before the storm, but I think there's also a calm after. I just need to ride this out.

Chris' prayer: Falling Up's "Places"

Over the last couple of years, one of the main things I have been learning how to do is to accept things graciously. I've been learning to accept the compliments that others give me whilst still being humble. I've been learning to accept gifts graciously, and allow others to share their love for me. And I've been learning to accept help more graciously.

That one has been the hardest for me. I am such a control freak, and even worse, a very prideful person. Whatever needs to be done, I can do it on my own. Whether it be a group project in college, where I always took on the biggest role to assure the project got done "right;" planning a Life Night to assure it was done "my way;" or asserting that I can make it through a major knee operation without any assistance whatsoever. My pride tells me that I can do it on my own. But I'm working on it. I'm working on asking God,

Can you take everything that I hold?

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Megan's prayer: Falling Up's "Places"

Hurting you

It’s always been a struggle for me to be kind and loving towards those who are mean to me or hurt me. I try to be understanding and see where they are coming from, but sometimes those fail me, and I end up just blowing those people off. I justify it with “If they aren’t going to be nice to me, why should I be nice to them?”

Needing you

When it comes to someone needing me for something, I’m normally right there, offering as much assistance as I can. I really love helping others, because I know that so many times before I have asked others for their assistance, and I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t had such generous friends and family.

Hurting you, needing you.

What if there is a connection between the hurting and the needing? What if those people who are hurting me, are really just trying to get my attention, trying to get my help, but I just blow them off because they bother me? What if the only thing they know is hurt, and instead of me greeting them with outstretched arms, I turn away? How can I not see that maybe the hurting is because of the needing?

Luckily God has figured this one out. He’s not going to turn his back on someone just because they said something mean to him. He’s not going to give up on someone because they are angry at him. In fact, he is going to remain there, knowing that they need him more than ever.