Romans 8:26

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for {us} with groanings too deep for words;

     One day I was left all alone with my six month old neice. While at first she seemed just fine playing in her chair, all of the sudden she started crying. She would not stop. The first thing I did was try to walk around holding her, knowing that sometimes help. She continued to cry.  I tried to change her daiper hoping that would solve the problem. It did not.

     We continued this guessing game for a while. I tried putting on her sock and jacket, since I noticed that her feet were cold. Finally her grandma came in, and she was happy to see her and then quickly fell asleep. In all honesty, I still do not know what it was that was bothering her. It could have been all the things I was trying to fix. It could have been that she was sleepy and fighting sleep. It could be that she wanted a woman around. I have no way of knowing.

     In our lives, sometimes we feel like my neice when we are talking to God. There is something wrong in our lives. We are hurting or we are scared or we are uncomfortable. Yet when we try to explain it to people, or to God, it really does not make sense, even to ourselves. We just know something is wrong and we are trying to get it fixed. Luckily for us though, we have a translator: the Holy Spirit. He tells God what we are trying to say in a way that we never could express. Then God is able to help exactly as only he can. We need to thank the Lord that He has given us such a translator.

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for {us} with groanings too deep for words;