Say A Little Prayer For Me

Let's take a moment. I know that many of us are thinking and praying of all those people in Alberta, BC, Manitoba, and Sask. affected by these wild fires. What many don’t know is, there is not just the one huge fire at Fort McMurray. An example as I write this, there were 125 fires in Sask. alone and the biggest fire blowing over from Fort McMurray is moving closer and closer to the Sask. boarder.

Someone the other day said that this one fire is bigger than the GTA area and Edmonton combined. Now we get the sense of how devastating this is to all of us in Canada. Today, we need to forget about how our gasoline will go up in price, or how many trees are gone. I would like all of us to join together and pray for: those who have lost everything, for those that sleep in a unfamiliar bed miles from their home, those who even when they have a bed lay awake nights wondering if there is anything left.

I want all of you to also pray for those brave men and women that are fighting these fires around the clock, who breathe in smoke filled air day in and day out. Who aren’t getting much sleep because there are not enough firefighters to spell each other off. Pray for all the support workers who are alongside these people doing what they can to keep the struggle going.

And don’t just pray once. Let God know daily that you really care about people you don’t even know. People who are in places they don’t want to be. People who may go home to no home at all. Pray that God will comfort and uphold everyone who is affected by this tragedy. Pray after it’s over for those who will be taking time to get over what has happened to them so quickly and changed their life in so many ways, we can't even comprehend it.

In 1 Timothy 2:1, we read important words that apply most times in life but especially in times like these,  “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—“. Lastly, pray that it will be over sooner than later.

Something to pray about.

Rob