There is absolutely nothing more joy-producing or important than the opportunities we have to pray for ourselves, others, and our world, and gain some deeper insight into the universe, including ourselves and everyone around us, as God sees it. Recently, I had such an opportunity.
For two days I’d been facing a strain in one leg. I had been doing more cross-country skiing and running than usual, and it felt as though I might have pulled a muscle. I was concerned that it might restrict our plans to go skiing for a couple of days.
Then the evening before we were to leave for the trip, I received a call to pray for someone else struggling with a physical problem and a feeling of burden at work. A very specific line of thought came to me at that moment: There is only one I am in the room.
