One day recently Kate asked me to go on a walk with her. Without hesitation I said yes.

We are about a week away from taking her to college and I am trying to absorb these precious moments beside her.

Something that hit me recently is that seven years ago, when I was diagnosed with cancer, I prayed to be here to see my kids graduate and to get to take them to college.

And here I am, living out an answer to prayer right now.

When I realized this my heart filled with gratitude and renewed my mind as I don’t want to take any of this life for granted.

I share this with you today because we may pray often yet how often do we take time to see, or give thanks for, answered prayers? And so today I invite you to join me…

pause. breathe. pray.™

Let’s take a few minutes to think of, or write down, our prayers that have been answered in the way we hoped, and even for the ones where we didn’t get what we asked for but see the bigger picture now. May we look at this list with gratitude and may it give us hope for the unanswered prayers we have today, like the prayers I have for Kate as she begins the new chapter.

With love and hope,
Shawn