Father Can You Hear Me?

For once, I am writing a blog without a song as my source of inspiration. This time, I was reading my daily Bible plan on YouVersion.com and I came across a certain passage that I have read plenty of times but the same verses keep jumping out at me. Many people speak about the different miracles that Jesus performed. One of the miracles I hear over and over is the one where four men lowered a man who had been "sick with the palsy" through the roof and Jesus healed him because of their faith (Mark 2:1-5).

Sidebar:
When I was a teenager, I would go to corporate prayer once a month before we had our Bible study. It was mandatory that we kneel at the altar to pray first and when everyone was done, we would come together, sing songs and pray. One day a minister came to me and said, I can't hear you praying so how can you expect God to hear you? That caused me to think a lot and I started to whisper because I didn't want everyone knowing what my prayers were but I wanted God to hear them.

Back to the Blog:
When speaking of this miracle, most people stop at verse 5 and talk about how God is still in the miracle business. I want to talk about what came after that 5th verse. The text says in verses 6-8, "But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 'Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God Only?' And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, 'Why reason ye these things in your hearts?'"

Did you catch what just happened??? I'll give you a few seconds to think about it...

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Ok times up...

These men never spoke the words that Jesus addressed. The text clearly states that they "reasoned in their hearts" in verse 6. It made me think and once it was brought to my attention, I said to myself, well if God can hear these men complaining in their hearts, then he can hear the cries of mine, he can hear the supplications of mine, he can hear the anger, the hurt, the happiness, and everything else that resides in my heart.

Sometimes people fail to realize that when praying, you can't always speak. Someone said let your feet tell your testimony and I believe it goes the same for your prayers. Let your feet do the praying sometimes. Let your cries be your prayers. Even the Bible says in Romans 8:26, "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." The reality is, sometimes you just can't speak!

Don't let anyone tell you that you must pray out loud or God will not hear you. Do not be ashamed if you cannot open your mouth to pray. That is just fine, cry if you have to, scream if you have to, dance if you have to, wave your hands if you have to, but please do not let anyone make you feel bad about not being able to form your prayers with your mouth.

There is a song I love that says "If I can't say a word, I'll just wave my hands. I get so full, I would explain it if I could, God's been just that good." (If I Can't Say A Word - Karen Clark-Sheard)

Just be encouraged and continue to pray in whatever way you have to.

Be blessed until next time...

Sista T