yelping of a dog....

I'm listening and I'm hearing "our three little girls" (i.e.-our dogs Sunny, Dot and Brownie), whimpering and then I hear the sound of my Dad telling them to be quiet (one of the more irritating habits of other people in the house-but that's another story). The reason I think that it is irritating is that they are communicating a need and can think of no other way to express it.

I think now of the days when I was in the hospital, when I,or a family member, or a visitor would come and communicate the needs that we had on our heart. Whether it was healing, finances or whatever, there was no other way for us to express our need than prayer.

The thing was that I am glad that God did not tell us to be quiet; as a matter of fact; He encourages us to pray to Him, as a matter of fact I love how Chuck Swindoll paraphrased 1 Thessalonians 5:17: "Pray with the frequency of a hacking cough". And I think of the words of the song "Let Us Pray" by Steven Curtis Chapman:

I hear you say your heart is aching
You've got trouble in the making
And you ask if I'll be praying for you please
And in keeping with conviction
I'll say yes with good intentions
To pray later making mention of your needs
But since we have this moment here at heaven's door
We should start knocking now, what are we waiting for?

CHORUS:
Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
For the Father above, He is listening with love
And He wants to answer us, so let us pray

So when we feel the Spirit moving
Prompting, prodding and behooving
There is no time to be losing, let us pray
Let the Father hear us saying
What we need to be conveying
Even while this song is playing, let us pray
And just because we say the word, "Amen"
It doesn't mean this conversationi needs to end

Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
Let us pray without end and when we finish start again
Like breathing out and breathing in, let us pray

Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence
As our prayers draw us near
To the One who knows our needs
Before we even call His name

Let us pray everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
Let us pray without end and when we finish start again
Like breathing out and breathing in, let us pray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HNQl0a4Zcs&feature=PlayList&p=4BAE7FE8F26C32A8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17

so if you've got a need that you need to communicate, feel free to express that need and be glad that you don't have a Father that tells us to be quiet!