Drought

Things are getting dry and thirsty here in California.  We've been days (and days) without rain.  There's also been hardly any snow in the Sierras.  That means big trouble for us Californians.

The leaders of our church have asked us to fast for rain to relieve this drought.  Traditionally, the first Sunday of the month is set aside as a day of fasting, to focus on strengthening our spirit and our relationship with Christ.  It is also an appropriate time to pray in earnest for something that you need: strength, health, blessings, peace, whatever it may be.  And this month we are also asked to pray for rain.

There are several other denominations praying as well, many at the same time.  What a powerful uniting of faith that will be!

As I lay in bed the night before the fast, I said my own prayer to not only relieve the drought throughout our state, but the drought of fertility in me.  It came out as a sort of poem.  I thought I'd share some of it here.

Dear Father in Heaven,

I pray that Thou will relieve this drought.

Send rain that will spill down the streets

Quench the thirsty plants

Bathe the dusty fields in life-giving water

Bless this land that it may be fertile

Bring forth the abundance we need.

 

O Father, relieve this drought in my womb.

Cleanse my sorrow and longing, that it may be wiped away.

Fill me with life-giving power

Bless me with strength to bring forth children unto Thee

 

Let the rain pour down upon me and replenish me as it does the Earth

Let me fulfill Thy command to multiply

Relieve the drought in my heart

Let it burst forth to spill over a new child

Bring me out of the desert of my longing

And into the Spring of new life.

There was more, but I didn't write it down.  : (  But you can get the sentiment.  I thought it was appropriate.  I know that our drought will find relief just as I will soon be blessed to "come out of the desert".