Coveting Prayer

Greg Nettle, pastor at RiverTree, had this posted on his blog: "I covet your prayers." (He is going on a trip to Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, and to visit an AIDS infected area to give help to the residents there.)

But it struck me as funny: Covet prayer?  You covet my prayers?  I thought coveting was bad.

But read it again: "I covet your prayers".  Yes, the ten commandments say not to covet others' possessions (or family members...), but does it say anything about not coveting other such spiritual help?  I thought about it, and, no.  It doesn't.  So what's the lesson here?  You can covet my prayers for you!  You can covet them all you want!  And I in turn can covet your prayers for me.  Reminds me of a Jack Sparrow quote: "I love weddings!  Drinks all around!"  Only, here, the quote seems to go more like: "I love God!  Prayers all around!"

Are you afraid to pray?  I'll have to admit... I am too at times.  But He's there - all the time. Just waiting for you to pick up the phone...