A difficult prayer

“And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends . . .” – Job 42:10a

There is something deeply profound about that verse.

A challenge for you, and for me too: think about the one person on earth that irritates, or hurts, or frustrates you the most, and begin praying for that person every day.

I believe that nothing but restoration and good can come from that.

(and if you ever just want to have your mind blown, read the last few chapters of Job!)

4 thoughts on “A difficult prayer

  1. This is interesting timing, because just last night, as I watching our tape of last week’s episode of “The Office,” it occurred to me that for the last few years, I have been in the enviable position of loving everyone I know. Most people I know have at least one person in their sphere of existence that bugs them or annoys them or who they flat-out struggle with hating (usually someone at work or school). I don’t know why it suddenly occurred to me, but I came at it from the angle not of not having a hard person to love in my life, but of loving everyone I know. I thanked God for that blessing, because I know it is rare.

    In fact, the person I struggle most with disliking is myself! 😉

  2. That’s awesome Jared!

    I may be in the same boat. As I dashed off this little post last night I started thinking “who will I pray for?” and I couldn’t think of anyone offhand.

    But I’m sure I will, given time 🙂

    Now – was it something about The Office that made you think of that?

  3. Well, just a combination of the ongoing Michael Scott character arc (the boss who thinks everyone loves him but really nobody does — well, except Dwight) and that particular episode’s subplot about Jim having to use the desk “in the back” near the annoyingly talkative and juvenile Becky. I think the episode just had me thinking through my morning’s reading in Scot McKnight’s “The Jesus Creed,” which is about loving God and loving others.

  4. A challenge for you, and for me too: think about the one person on earth that irritates, or hurts, or frustrates you the most, and begin praying for that person every day.

    I wish that I could today. I just can’t. It has given me something to think about. In fact, I thought I was past the anger of things today. I realized I am not today.

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