Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

I was praying outside Union Station one night this week and I was reminded of the simple fact that everything we've ever said is somewhere in the universe. According to the science of bioacoustics, our words are floating in space somewhere and if we had the technology and equipment capability, we could recapture everything we've ever said or done! I have two reactions to that. One, it strikes fear into my heart :) I've said and done lots of things that I wish didn't exist any longer. But God promises to forgive and forget. There is this little part of me that wonders if those things we confess end up in a black hole never to see the light of day again! Here is my other reaction: all the prayers I've prayed are still out there somewhere! That is so powerful to me. It makes me think of Isaiah 55:11. It says that God's word will not return void. As I stood praying outside Union Station I couldn't help but think of all the prayers that have been lifted up in that place. How many times have I done a Jericho walk around those walls? How many times have I laid hands on the cornerstone? How many times have I done prayer walks through the station? How many times have I sat outside interceding for the station and the city? And all of those prayers are still out there. I have unanswered prayers like everybody else. But they are still out there somewhere. And they won't return void.