dear sister

What a wild day!

As usual, Sharon and I began praying around the school at about 6:15 a.m. She takes one side of the building, and I take the other. Oftentimes when our paths cross, I hear her saying over and over, “In the name of Jesus.” No specific prayer, just “In the name of Jesus.”

At one point, I went to pray around the front desk. That’s where all the action happens with students, parents, and visitors. I specifically prayed for my coworker’s day because I know how hectic it can be. She’s amazing at what she does, but let’s just say, you don’t want to catch her on a bad day. The New York side of her will rise up quick!

It is written in Hebrews 10:24-26: Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Isn’t it something how ninety-five percent of the time we can encourage one another, including students and parents, but that remaining five percent can create a lot of noise from our mouths, especially when irritating people show up?

Fast forward two hours. While the counselor was meeting with a new student, a family member entered the building, hoping their meeting was almost over. He turned out to be a man with dementia. He began saying irrational things to my coworker, which caught her completely off guard. Frustrated and irritated, she was now at my office door, needing me to bring the final details to a close FAST! The situation near her desk was escalating to the point where the SRO was needed.

When I tell you I’m proud of Jesus and my New York sister, that is an understatement! I had prayed in His name three hours earlier, and when the moment came, her mouth was stilled, just like the lions in Daniel’s den. The man left peacefully, touched by His anointing as we shook hands goodbye.

Days with Jesus and the presence of the Holy Spirit are both powerful and precious. If only we fully realized the power in the name of Jesus and the quiet work He does to keep us strengthened, encouraged, and protected.

Today, my prayer life was renewed. This wasn’t a 40-year answer to prayer. It was a three-hour petition granted.

Let’s keep praying, my sister.

Encourage our brothers to seal those prayers with the name above all names, Jesus!