Little Silver Box

Five or six years ago a friend of mine gave me this pretty little box as a gift. 

 
I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it at first.  It sat on my dresser for months merely as decoration.
 

But one day I was praying hard about something very important to me and I looked up and saw the box sitting on my dresser collecting dust.  Immediately I knew what it was going to be used it for.

This little box has become my "Special Prayers" Prayer Box.  It's the place where I write down those pressing, extra important, "special" prayers that just pop up in life sometimes.  Some of the prayers are for myself, and some are for other people. 

I write the prayers down, I read them to God, and then I close the box and leave them there. 

 
Putting the prayers in the box doesn't make God hear me better, or answer me faster.  It's just my way of expressing to Him the deepest desires of my heart.  For me it's a step of faith.  It helps me let go of some of the weight of worry and leave it with God. 

If I start to worry about one of the prayer requests all I have to do is look over at the little box and I'm reminded that I already gave it to God.  It's in His hands.  I know He is taking care of it. 


There are presently 9 extra important prayers written down in my box.  Six of them have a big A at the top, with a date.  They've been answered!!  Amazing.

Three are blank at the top; God is still working them out.  I know it's just a matter of time... 

God answers prayer.

Elijah was a person just like us, 

and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, 

and rain never came to the land for three years and six months.  

Then he prayed again, and the skies poured out rain, 

and the ground produced its crops.

James 5:17,18

    In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,
         For You will answer me.      

Psalm 86:7