My Prayer Journey

There have been times in my life that I've hit my knees in prayer.  In those cases, prayer was a destination. But during the times of uncertainty with my health, other life issues and now my best friend's cancer battle, prayer has become a journey, a calling.  "Crying out to Jesus" means something different to me now. I can look back on my past and see that God has been preparing me for a battle that I didn't even know was coming. 

All my life I've been an Irish girl, even before I understood what that meant.  My mother's family is Scot-Irish/English and Native American. My Granddaddy told me one day standing out on his carport that he was "the world's tallest leprechaun" (He was 6'5"). My father's side of the family is German. With that colorful tapestry of ancestors, my parents named me Kelley, which is Irish in origin and means "Gaelic Warrior Maiden."  

Everyone has always laughed at that meaning, envisioning some grisly, amazon sized woman, clad in a helmet with horns coming out the side and holding a spear of some sort.  But in the past few years I've come to realize that God named me just as He named so many people of the bible.  He set a plan in motion even before I was born when my parents decided that if born a girl, I would be Kelley.  You see my role as a "Gaelic Warrior Maiden" had nothing to do with earthly battles with earthy war tools.  Instead it has everything to do with spiritual battles and prayer tools.  I am a Gaelic PRAYER Warrior Maiden. 

As an adult I've become more interested in studying genealogy.  As my search led me further and further into the Scot-Irish culture of my heritage, I began to search out information on the faith of those lands. I believe we are linked to our past through blood, experiences and faith. 

  

One afternoon I came across two little words that would set the sails of my life into the winds of my prayer journey.  "Celtic Christianity".  In those two words, my thoughts on prayer began to shift. My soul began to open up and my life would be forever changed.  

 Stay tuned....