The Message (MSG)

26-28 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

I once wrote about being 8:28'ed to death.  http://jimpondering.blogspot.com/2012/06/decisions-and-contentment-or-828ed-to.html,
as a matter of fact. So, here I am again, writing about it again, prompted by Dr. Stanley, http://www.intouch.org/Content/27938/LP110626.pdf, again.  This actually all started because I thought it would be something good to pass on to my friend Stephanie; she never needs to be 8:28'ed, she has had more trials in her life than you can shake a stick at (where did that phrase ever come from, any way? Oh, never mind for now). I've talked with her about it ad infinitum ad nauseum. still ...


Digging past the 90%+ of most theological/practical/homilistic interpretations you get around to the concept of being prepared to do something really important. Where we all typically fail AND where we most need to help each other is to figure out how, where, why to apply what God has prepared in each of us.

So, when life stinks (we say stinks instead of sucks because it is a more socially acceptable word choice, eh?) we can search for the way to deodorize it; it's usually right there in front of us, too.

Look at Chuck's notes. They pretty much say it all. Again.