Pray With Me
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem…" Psalm 122:6 (NLT)
Several years
ago God made a way for me to visit Israel. It was a land
that seemed so much like my home away from home. All this
time later, I still remember how I delighted in walking
where Jesus walked. What peace I felt in that ‘city of
peace’ Jerusalem.
Vividly, I remember waking up in the middle of the night to
a storm that had gathered suddenly on the Sea of Galilee. We
watched from the balcony of our hotel just a few feet from
the shores of the Sea. That storm was considered a bonus on
our tour of the Holy Land. The thunder and lightning, in all
its splendor, reminded us how fast those storms came up
during the days of Jesus ministry here on earth.
Gathering in the hewn out tomb where our Jesus lay for three
days we sang "Up From The Grave He Arose". Taking communion
together in the garden helped confirm in our spirit that we
really were in the place of our Lord.
My mind was awhirl as we actually put our hands on the
Wailing Wall, visited the Museum of the Holocaust, and
strolled down Via Dolorosa.
There was such an awesomeness about God allowing me to see
that tiny nation of Israel. I would go back tomorrow if God
put it together again.
My heart aches as I watch the unrest now in that land. Fear
consumes the lives of many people and disturbances are a
daily venue.
Today, would you pray with me for the peace of Jerusalem?
Melva Cooper