http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447 What can I say? I'm big into prayer.&nbsp; In the mornings, I tend to pray after I arrive in my little parking spot downtown before I make my brief daily appearance for work.&nbsp; Even if I'm in a hurry, I still wait until I have the car parked.&nbsp; Today, today reminds me of why I do that.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I just didn't feel like listening to the radio on the drive and took the quiet as an opportunity to do my daily prayers right then and there.&nbsp;&nbsp;At first blush, I reckon&nbsp;I shouldn't have.&nbsp; I didn't get very far.&nbsp; I asked God to give me my daily dose of patience, and then someone cut me off and I went&nbsp;in a wee bit of a&nbsp;heated monologue&nbsp;directed at the other driver as if he could hear me.&nbsp; Oops!&nbsp; I was praying!!&nbsp; So, I asked for patience again in light of my obvious lack of it.&nbsp; And then someone stops short in front of me for a right turn in a driveway without their blinker.&nbsp; Again, me and my heated comments, and oops!!&nbsp; I was praying. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Suffice it to say, that happened a few times before I finally reached my destination.&nbsp; I must have asked for patience at least six times and it was the only thing I got a chance to communicate.&nbsp; Wait a minute...maybe this was a good thing.&nbsp; It wasn't as if patience was being withheld from me, it was more like&nbsp;it was being born in me.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, yeah, I only got around to praying for one thing today.&nbsp; But I think, I hope, it'll stick this time.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; What can I say? I'm big into prayer.&nbsp; In the mornings, I tend to pray after I arrive in my little parking spot downtown before I make my brief daily appearance for work.&nbsp; Even if I'm in a hurry, I still wait until I have the car parked.&nbsp; Today, today reminds me of why I do that.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I just didn't feel like listening to the radio on the drive and took the quiet as an opportunity to do my daily prayers right then and there.&nbsp;&nbsp;At first blush, I reckon&nbsp;I shouldn't have.&nbsp; I didn't get very far.&nbsp; I asked God to give me my daily dose of patience, and then someone cut me off and I went&nbsp;in a wee bit of a&nbsp;heated monologue&nbsp;directed at the other driver as if he could hear me.&nbsp; Oops!&nbsp; I was praying!!&nbsp; So, I asked for patience again in light of my obvious lack of it.&nbsp; And then someone stops short in front of me for a right turn in a driveway without their blinker.&nbsp; Again, me and my heated comments, and oops!!&nbsp; I was praying. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Suffice it to say, that happened a few times before I finally reached my destination.&nbsp; I must have asked for patience at least six times and it was the only thing I got a chance to communicate.&nbsp; Wait a minute...maybe this was a good thing.&nbsp; It wasn't as if patience was being withheld from me, it was more like&nbsp;it was being born in me.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, yeah, I only got around to praying for one thing today.&nbsp; But I think, I hope, it'll stick this time.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; en-us Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:16:14 PDT <p>Praying While Driving</p> <p>Reminds me of my Grandmother.&nbsp; As I was growing up my grandmother, Cathron Collins, always said a prayer anytime she heard sirens.&nbsp; She prayed for those who needed help and for those going to give help, or if it was a police siren - for the officer's safety.&nbsp; That rubbed off on me and now I do the same thing - not only when I am driving but always.</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447/#c_229198 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447/#c_229198 <p>Praying While Driving</p> <p>Reminds me of my Grandmother.&nbsp; As I was growing up my grandmother, Cathron Collins, always said a prayer anytime she heard sirens.&nbsp; She prayed for those who needed help and for those going to give help, or if it was a police siren - for the officer's safety.&nbsp; That rubbed off on me and now I do the same thing - not only when I am driving but always.</p> <p>I love this blog topic.  I do the same thing.  I have found that I'm better to pray as I drive than pray at night before bed, because when I pray at night I inevitably fall asleep during my prayers.  I still try each night, but I'm never very successful. </p> <p>I also pray just like Mrs. Collins whenever I hear a siren. </p> <p>Heather-i, I think it's extra good to pray in particular when someone cuts you off -- because it reminds you to forgive!  haha!</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447/#c_229286 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447/#c_229286 <p>I love this blog topic.  I do the same thing.  I have found that I'm better to pray as I drive than pray at night before bed, because when I pray at night I inevitably fall asleep during my prayers.  I still try each night, but I'm never very successful. </p> <p>I also pray just like Mrs. Collins whenever I hear a siren. </p> <p>Heather-i, I think it's extra good to pray in particular when someone cuts you off -- because it reminds you to forgive!  haha!</p> <p><b><i>So</i></b> funny heatherijames! What a perfect example of getting what you pray for ;)&nbsp;</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447/#c_229590 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/heatherijames/25447/#c_229590 <p><b><i>So</i></b> funny heatherijames! What a perfect example of getting what you pray for ;)&nbsp;</p>