We’ve had a lot of people traveling to the Holy Land recently.
Edward just got back. He took some great pictures and had some good stories. Later this week our colleague Peola Hicks, the manager of OurPrayer at Guideposts, is heading to Israel. “Would you take any requests with you to put in the Wailing Wall?” I asked her.
“Glad to,” she replied.
The Wailing Wall, or the Western Wall, is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem. The base of it dates back to the time of Herod the Great, when he was rebuilding the temple, around 19 B.C. This remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the temple courtyard has long been a pilgrimage site. Often people write their prayers on slips of paper and put them in the cracks between the well-worn stones.
We get thousands of prayer requests every week and have hundreds of volunteers around the U.S. and across the globe praying. Peola makes sure every request gets prayed for. I must stress that this is a free service. (I find it shocking that some online prayer sites charge people for the honor … but don’t get me started.)
Of course, it’s easy to post a prayer here on our site, but if you have a special request you’d like Peola to take to Jerusalem, I invite you to post it in the comment field below. Fill in your name or leave the prayer anonymous. She promises to take them with her. Thursday is the deadline.
The title of the first article that appeared in Guideposts magazine 66 years ago was “I Believe in Prayer.” We still do.
Update: The cutoff for prayer requests has been extended until 2:00 p.m. ET today, Friday, November 5. If we don’t receive your prayer request in time for Peola’s trip to the Holy Land, please be assured our prayer team will still include you in its prayers. Godspeed.
