Romans 8:26-28 in the New Revised Standard Version says "Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to God's purpose."
Have you ever become so discouraged about how something has turned out in your life? Have you watched a loved one make choice after choice after choice that just seemed to clearly be bad choices? When you look back over your own life and rally think things over do you ever think "I shoulda, woulda, coulda if I just had another chance?" Dear friends, in this life we will make a lot of choices. Some we will boldly declare and feel a deep conviction that it's right and good; yet others we may timidly, or even half-heartedly make, and hope for the best. And yes, friends, if you haven't done it already, live a little while longer and we'll make some choices that are absolutely not the best given the options in front of us. But as the writer of this Romans passage reminds us- likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. Even in our prayers we don't have the right words every now and then, but don't stop praying- pray nonetheless! Choose, live, be, and do- nonetheless! Live into your choices and trust God that the Spirit will intercede on your behalf.
