Prayer Pebbles and Ripples of Influence

So...this seems to have turned into more of a "newsletter reminder spot" and not really a blog.  Since my "Countdown to Walk to Emmaus" post in January much life has happened!!

I will be posting more pictures to help you see, but within the last week I received a note from a high school friend that started me thinking about how God blesses us and how we can bless others by coming to Him in intentional ongoing prayer.  

We got into a short conversation in a Facebook message about praying for a friend and she mentioned "prayer pebbles" and I asked her to explain and subsequently asked if I could share this great idea with you (my three faithful blog readers!!) !! 

She wanted me to let you know this was not her original idea and that she had gotten it from her pastor's family. They live in Oregon and we are blessed by all of them.  

Here is her explanation of "Prayer Pebbles" and a picture she sent of our "Table" pebble!!

"So, prayer pebbles. I have one for each family in our church (we only have about 35 families) and one for each missions family our church supports (plus you). If I know that families are going through something for an extended time, I will leave their pebble in the 'pool' for however long. Otherwise I will randomly select 3-5 families a week to blanket in prayer for that week. Then I set their pebbles aside until I have prayed through the whole group and start the process over again. Your mission field is especially active this time of year so I will leave your pebble in throughout the summer. Maggie (*her daughter*) and I spend so much time in the car that we keep the pebbles in the car and pray while we are driving. For those families with teens she is often more aware of prayer needs for the kids so it opens up a door for talking about those things. The visual reminder helps me to be more faithful to my verbal commitments to pray." 

Thank you dear friend and to ALL who have prayed for us!!

The RIPPLE EFFECT of those prayers bless our family, our ministry and those we serve!  The IMPACT on our hearts ripple way beyond today and into ETERNITY!

Blessed to Be a Blessing,
Melanie
Heb 12:1-3