Last evening Chris and I attended BUMP again. This is "Brushwood United Methodist in Prayer". It's open to anyone in church (or outside the church) and for 45 minute in the evening we sit in the sanctuary and pray. As I said in an earlier post, I really couldn't imagine myself sitting and praying for 45 minutes. I really figured I would fall asleep.
But, I have found these 45 minutes to be wonderful and to pass by so fast. I almost hope BUMP would continue for many weeks, but I think it's only scheduled for a few.
Last week in church during the pray and share time, I took out a small notebook and copied down every one's prayer requests and also their joys. During BUMP time this week, I took out that notebook so I could pray for specific people and their requests. That was a very gratifying thing to do. I also prayed for others who weren't in my little book. Friends, family and even strangers. One thing that has touched me lately is the news broadcasts about how the animals in the gulf are dying from the oil spill. I made the mistake of looking at some pictures of these animals online. I wish I hadn't done that as those pictures have bothered me all day. I have a lot of compassion for animals and I should know better then to look up pictures of animals in distress. I had the same reaction after Hurricane Katrina with all the abandoned pets.
But, anyway...my main reason for this post is BUMP. Two months ago I would have never attended this...I wouldn't even have given it a second thought! My how things change.....
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Oh, and changed they HAVE! :)
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