Megan's prayer: Cheer Up Charlie's "Let it Ride"

I've just returned from Encounter. Although it was wonderful to be there, in God's presence, there was nothing particular about my experience tonight that moved me. Similarly, as I listened to this song, and followed along with the lyrics found on Cheer Up Charlie's website, I wasn't really moved by anything. It's a nice song, but it wasn't at all what my heart was needing tonight.

What I most needed tonight was to feel God's love. I longed to feel that at Encounter. I longed to experience it while listening to tonight's song. All I wanted to know what that God was there, looking out for me, loving me.
As I went to exit from the lyrics web page, settling on the fact that I had found nothing spectacular in the lyrics to pray about, a line at the bottom of the web page caught my eye.


Honestly, I'm not sure why it is there. It isn't a lyric to a song or anything. Regardless, it was there. And it was there the entire time that I was reading the lyrics to the song. It was there the entire time I was trying to figure out what to pray about tonight. This little reminder that I was loved was just waiting there for me to finally slow down and read it.

I think this is exactly how my life is. God's love is constantly surrounding me, but I have such a hard time seeing it. It's always there, waiting for me, but I never take the time to slow down and really see it.

Luckily, God knows exactly what I need. He knows that I need these constant reminders that I am surrounded by his love. He isn't giving up on me. He isn't frustrated that I forget - he just keeps telling me, in as many ways as he can think of, just how much he loves me.

Maybe this time I will be able to pay better attention.