Rev. Dr. Carita L. Brown Chaplain Major
Pennsylvania Air National Guard, 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown, PA
From the moment I reached out to God when I was 21, I have felt God’s presence down to the core of my very being. It is as if God hears my words before I even say them. God’s presence is a companionship for me that has kept a peace inside my heart for over 40 years, even when everything is chaos around me and worries pile up on top of me to crush me. I am not crushed or overcome deep in my heart.
I am not a prayer warrior, as many are described. And I don’t have a list or schedule for prayer. When someone asks me to pray for them or someone they know that needs prayer, I look to God beside me and ask in the moment. God takes it, and I move on, and I know the work is being done to touch the person needing prayer by God’s presence around them.
Prayer is constant.
Prayer is the touch I feel in my heart
From God’s spirit that is most certainly alive
And always present within me.
Prayer is being a companion to God’s spirit
That hears my deepest thoughts
And acknowledges my slightest glance in its direction.
Prayer is being in the living love of God
And feeling the constant touch of God’s hand
That reminds me that I am never alone.