Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Tuesday’s Devotion: When Words Fail


Romans 8:26 (CEV) In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don’t know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words.

At one point during out trip last week I was trying to navigate as Joe and I sought to find our way to part of the original Route 66.  We had the Rt. 66 guidebook and set of turn by turn maps and I was reading the directions to him.  Joe asked some questions I couldn’t readily answer.  Finally I read him the paragraph and said “These are all the words I have to work with.”  Immediately I was reminded of Romans 8:26.  Sometimes when we pray we are limited by the ways in which we can express our desires.  Thankfully the Holy Spirit takes our few words and translates them into just what we need for God to hear.  On our trip we had the book and maps. Using my iPhone apps we could find hotels and restaurants along with their addresses and also the addresses of points of interest mentioned in our guidebook. We put these into our GPS and went straight to them. It might not have been the Holy Spirit but the marvels of modern technology are pretty neat.

Thanks, Lord that we have the Holy Spirit to intercede for us when we don’t know how or what to pray.  Thanks for not letting our loss for words hinder your ability to discern our deepest desires.  And thanks Lord for GPS and Google!  Amen.

Have a great day,
Paige

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