Day 11: Intentional Prayer and Spiritual Conversations. I wish I could say that today was an off day, but unfortunately, days like today seem to come our way more often than I would like. I started off the day well. I got up and read the challenge for today. I texted the person on my prayer calendar and began praying for them. I made a plan to connect with a friend after work to try to instill the vision of disciple multiplication movements. I even sort of accomplished today’s challenge by talking with a co-worker about some things happening in her family. But then this afternoon I got a call from my husband who had just left the doctor’s office with our 15 month old foster son. And just like that we are packing bags tonight because we leave for another city tomorrow to meet with a pediatric surgeon for a consult for a surgery that the pediatrician thinks our foster son needs. Just like that everything that I had planned gets flipped upside down.
I didn’t end up connecting with my friend after work because I spent that time connecting with family, calling in a substitute to cover work for me, and calling our caseworker. Though I had a more-spiritual-than-most conversation with my co-worker this morning, I didn’t have an incredibly planned out, intentional conversation like I had hoped. But, today was not a “failure” even if I didn’t completely accomplish the challenge for today. I have seen God work in the past through these unplanned situations and I am sure that I will have time around other people in the days to come to have intentional, spirit-filled conversations. I think that sometimes God works best out of situations that we view as chaos.
Love the honest reality in your writing, Nicole. It’s so refreshing to know that others have days like this too! Keep it up.