“While it is commendable that you spend so much time in prayer, Jesus spoke not of keeping our lights hidden under a barrel.”
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Just so you don’t misconstrue the meaning of my words, I described my praying as “religiously”, meaning if you do something religiously, you are always very careful to do it. I don’t “spend so much time in prayer.” In fact, I probably don’t spend enough time. And, believe me, I don’t keep my light hidden under a barrel. May God bless you.
Believe me, God has blessed me abundantly. Many on this forum would think not, as I have lost a career, a spouse, my credit and at the end of the foreclosure process, will lose my house (short of a financial miracle from Him). He has blessed me abundantly through the people I have met and are in relationship with through my church and the Christian choir I sing in.
An only child and having had a childless marriage, the Lord has recently blessed me with two ‘spiritual chidren’, an 11 year old boy and his six year old sister. He has charged me with helping these kids and their family. It is exiting and a little intimidating, but He is blessing me through all major this. The family is originally from Africa and there is severe dysfunction with in the family dynamics. If I had ‘played it safe’ and not been involved in my church family, I would have missed all of this. He has blessed my through people!
While not many Christians, especially in the West (Christendom), follow the model described in Romans 12 and Acts 2, it truly blesses the soul!