Daily Ritual

Every work day at 3pm I eat a Snicker bar. I walk to the machine, I insert my seventy-five cents, I hit the code and anticipate the sound of the Snicker bar dropping. I do it without thinking. Everyone in the building knows, if I’m walking around holding a five dollar bill it is because I need change to buy my Snicker bar. One day no one had change, so a collection was taken for me so I could buy my Snicker bar. This is my daily 3pm ritual. I have a very similar PRAYER ritual. I meet the Lord at the same time every day. If we don’t meet it is not because he’s not available. My prayers always start the same…Lord please forgive me! This never changes. After I’ve confessed I make my petition known and then I anticipate his answer. On those rare occasions when I am not able to pray for myself I have a circle of friends who I ask to pray for me. I send the call out and I truly believe they petition the Lord on my behalf. Do I always get what I want when I pray…no, but do I always get an answer…yes. When I don’t get what I want I’ve learned that it was something I didn’t need or something I couldn’t handle at the specific time. Not once in my life has a prayer gone unanswered. NOT ONE. Now I just need to develop the ritual of exercising daily.