Hello everyone! Prayer is, naturally, a huge part of my life. You could almost say that I "pray for a living." Spellwork is an organized, done-with-props, form of prayer. So, needless to say, I consider myself somewhat of an expert on prayer.
However, every once in awhile, I find myself overwhelmed with a situation to the point of not knowing where to begin with praying. The famine in Somalia is one of those situations (along with so many other world-wide situations). As I learned of this horrible situation, my first reaction, of course, was to pray for those in need. As I started to say prayers, I found myself feeling overwhelmed and confused on where to even start. The situation is so desperate and so huge that I found myself stumbling over the prayers - praying for relief, praying for those who died, praying for those children who are suffering and dying, praying for the parents of those children, praying that whatever needed to be done would be done.... the list just seemed so huge to me that I felt completely insignificant in my prayers.
I had to regroup within myself several times, each time feeling a little bit stronger, offering individual prayers for each segment of this seemingly hopeless situation and then overall prayers for just the situation in general. Usually when I am finished with my prayers, I feel satisfied and enriched by the experience. I cannot say this was true when I finished praying for this particular event. At first, I felt drained and still ended up feeling helpless.
As I have continued on praying for Somalia, I feel that my praying has improved. I asked Papa Legba to help me - to help me interpret my prayers and put them into understandable words and thoughts rather than my incoherent ramblings! I asked him to open up my mind to accept that while this is, indeed, a seemingly impossible situation, that still I would find the words to pray.
If you find yourself feeling this way, that a situation is just so huge that you feel that your prayers are insignificant, I encourage you to push through that feeling and just continue on. Don't give up because you feel like your tiny prayers can't possibly make a difference! I had to keep reminding myself that I am not the only person praying for this and that as the Universal Mind we can and do have an impact on these tragedies! Know that you are not alone in these prayers! Don't give up because you feel that you are just a tiny voice. We are all a tiny voice, but we can make a big noise when we do it together. Ask Papa Legba!
Please pray for the people of Somalia and all those who are in need around the world. Be proactive in your prayers and in giving whatever help you can. Donations to reputable charities are wonderful, obviously, but even if you cannot donate (times are hard!), think about perhaps organizing a prayer group of your own, or donating your time to a reputable charity. There are lots of ways to give even if you don't have money to give! The gifts of your time and prayers are invaluable. Don't ever think they aren't!
Join the Spellmaker Prayer Group tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern time and add your voice!
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com
