I just ate the most delicious chicken salad sandwich for lunch. It was provided for me by the kind FBCP women who put on today's World Day of Prayer. If you didn't make it, I highly recommend it for next year.
There's something about guided prayer stations in a quiet room that brings a calm over me I can't describe. I swear some of the wrinkles on my face relaxed. They had set up seven or so prayer tables with simple, hand-made decorations from the area of the world that was designated. I especially enjoyed the nativity scenes from different cultures. You read a list of the countries in that area where there are Baptist women and pray over their needs. Some were what you'd expect and some were not.
Two things surprised me about the day.
1. The last station was North America, and I found that I approached it with a fresh perspective. Something about praying from "outside" all the other countries gave me the feeling that I was "outside" of our country too. It was almost like looking into the U.S. from far away.
2. I made new friends from outside my stage of life at FBCP. If you don't have any friends outside your age group I highly recommend finding some. They may not remember my name, and I may have to look them up again in the picture directory, but I think that's okay. The important thing is that God brought us there together to share a quiet moment. That is refreshing and wholly satisfying.
Much like the bliss of eating a sandwich made by someone else!
