The Prayer Candles

In 2022, my mother was diagnosed with a rare disease and given only 3 months to live. After receiving the call from my stepdad I immediately left Southern California and moved to Houston. There I felt helpless and wasn’t sure of what purpose I could truly serve. My mother and I love eachother very much but we’ve always had a hard time being close. We’re just such opposites in essentially every way possible. I frustrate her and she hurts my feelings – likely without even knowing she’s doing it.

I bought a large wax pot and started making candles with my dog Drako. We took them out into public on long walks, in shopping centers and throughout our daily journey in coffee shops and random places where we met beautiful people. Each tea light candle was made of pure beeswax with different colors and scents, then placed in a little drawstring gift bag with a note asking others to pray for my mom.

Sometimes prayer can be as simple as a single heart-string moment when you open up to hear the circumstances of another and let it in to your thoughts. Then that thought creates a feeling that creates another thought. The good ones are full of empathy and well wishes. Other times prayer can be a moment of silence when we think or speak outloud a wish for someone’s wellness and recovery of whatever situation they are facing. And then prayer can also be a joint effort of bodies, minds, hearts and intentions all focused on the same thing together, in the joining of hands and focus as words are spoken out loud for the good will of God to bless a person with healing, restoration or an answer to their problem.

I’ve seen prayer result in immediate miracles, in an overwhelming sense of peace about a thing or even in a vision or dream. For me personally, I often receive a song playing in my mind and I believe the angels send music with lyrics that speak what I needed to hear.

My mother is still alive today, more than 3 years after I received that call. I am grateful that God answers the heart cries of his children and I’m also convinced there is great power in numbers when we pray together. The scripture says, “Where 2 or more are gathered, GOD is in the midst of thee.” For this reason it’s important for us to be cautious of what we wish or speak upon another and likewise for us to gather together in a chord of hope and act out our faith in prayer by supporting one another in love. We are called to not only pray for our loved ones but for strangers and even for those who have hurt us. In doing so we not only fulfill the will of God but we attract blessing into our lives.

I made a new batch of prayer candles today with a hidden message that only God truly knows about. It’s kind of a secret but not forever. I pass these out to strangers and know that in doing so not only will my heart’s desires be spoken – even if only in a language the angels can understand. But also, in offering my heart for the good will of God in the lives of others; in you. We all have our troubles and our triumphs and much to offer in the name of Love.

If you received or found one of these prayer candles, I hope you will remember the story of my mother when you light your flame of faith. They aren’t just ordinary candles. They were made from the same hands and with the same intentions as before and the prayers that went up into the Heavens were not only heard but answered powerfully. And they will do the same for you.

Pray for the Script in the Sky and use my Prayer Wall link to record my personal email and send me your prayer requests. I look forward to knowing you – for in God we are all family and all knitted together in love.

Love, J