Janey was about six years old. She was growing up used to long prayer meetings which her parents regularly held in their own home with their Christian friends. On this particular evening she obviously found the prayers particularly long and tedious. Although well trained to behave she couldn’t help blurting out, ‘Why can’t we just say, God bless the whole world and then we can go to bed!’
I love the way children get to the heart of the matter. Maybe Janey had a point. We know that God knows everything and knows all about the things we pray for. When our hearts break because of the state of the world, His heart breaks even more. But I believe He wants our companionship, He wants us to spend time with Him and converse with Him. We love to talk with our beloved one here on earth, how much more should be want to be with our Heavenly ‘Beloved.!’ ‘Come to Me,’ He says. He will give us rest and eternal companionship.
‘He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.’
C. Austin Miles