A prayer to look beyond life's interruptions by Boyd Bailey.

Come see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?

John 429.

Early one morning as I sat in my prayer chair at home, my precious seven-year-old

Grand Baby Lily caught me reading and praying the Psalms.

Instead of being glad she saw me reading the Bible, I was a little annoyed that my time with God had been interrupted.

As she crawled into my lap, my Heavenly Father spoke words that warmed my heart as he reminded me my child this is not an

interruption but an illustration of my love care and affection for you.

As she sat in my lap I couldn't help but notice

several bruises, scratches, bug bites,

and a matted band-aid on her legs,

to which the Holy Spirit whispered,

Boyd, you are bruised and broken,

and I am your comforter and healer.

Peace, joy, confidence, hope, faith, and love all at once erupted in my heart, moving me closer

to Christ.

My Heavenly Father illustrated through an interruption what I was seeking all along his loving presence.

One day an unnamed Samaritan woman going about her daily business was interrupted by a stranger who asked her for a drink of water.

In John 4 we read, the Samaritan woman said to him, you are a Jew and I'm a Samaritan woman.

How can you ask me for a drink?

For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

Jesus answered her, if you knew the gift of God, and who it is that asks you for a drink,

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