i love my job.

it is now 2:08 am and I am sitting in a random study room in a dorm at URI that we have turned into a prayer room.  we took the ordinary and turned it sacred for twenty for hours.  intervarsity in new england is hosting 40 days of continuous prayer from maine all the way to ct and ri.  we are praying for the campus, the world and each other – asking God to move on campus in real ways.

right now as i write this two students are praying, there is some ambient worship music playing the background, the room is dimly lit, there is a cross and some fake candles (fire codes!), there are post- it notes all over the wall with prayers of repentance and prayer for the campus and of course there is coffee on the table in front of me.  there is a prayer journal that holds all the prayers of students in new england who prayed before us this fall.  on my break while they pray i had a conversation with a friend online where we talked about some pretty heavy things that affect both of us.  at the end my friend affirmed me with these words:

You are worthy.

You are precious and a gift.

You are chosen.

yup, all in a days work – and i get to do this again on thursday with my other campus ric.

earlier in the day when i was praying i felt that i should be praying for students from the dorm we are in to be drawn into our room, and lo and behold about an hour later two kids poked their heads in from the dorm.  one of them came back later to pray and didnt say much or let us pray for him – but afterwards i found out his grandfather had died 5 or so days before today.  this sacred space just appeared in his dorm just in time for him to come and meet with God.

i’m learning more and more about the power and the importance of prayer.

im learning just how much God’s plan goes forward with or without me.

i’m learning how deeply students hurt and how deeply they need jesus.

this is why i love my job…

 

students praying at uri

prayer wall

 

 

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