The Prayer Rock

About 10 years ago I had an interest in making jewelry. I'd taken classes on making jewelry using raw materials such as silver, copper, and brass. Purchasing the metals in a sheet, cutting them, soldering them, polishing and buffing them you could form and create beautiful pieces of jewelry. It was an art form I greatly enjoyed. During that time I would shop on eBay for stones to set in the pieces I had made.  A couple purchases of stones I made were not of pre cut stones. They were stones still whole and uncut. I can't recall what prompted me to purchase the stones, because they would not have worked in the type of jewelry I was making. I ended up placing the stones in the console of my truck. One of the stones I began using as, what I'll call, 'my prayer rock'. The prayer rock stayed in my console for months. I would use it as a reminder to pray. Whenever I was in my truck and sitting idle, such as a stop sign, stop light, fast food joint, etc., I would take the rock in my hand and pray. The rock was smooth to the touch and was soothing to hold. Evidently when I cleaned out my console I removed the rock with all the other stuff from the console. The rock became missing for a while. Some time later the rock resurfaced, and once again I was comforted by the use of my prayer rock. Thru the past 10 years the little rock has somehow kept resurfacing. A few years ago I remember finding the rock outside. It was mashed down in dirt that once had been mud. I saw my rock, and of course I could not leave my prayer rock behind. It took some digging, but I retrieved my rock. Like I said the rock seems to keep resurfacing.... well, the rock has showed up recently. Somehow it has made it's way into my sewing room that is on the back side of my barn. The other day my grandson saw my rock and commented on it. Of course I had to tell him the story of 'my prayer rock', and the journey we had together. It must have struck a cord with him because he wanted to pray with my prayer rock. So, there in the middle of the sewing room we prayed. We have prayed more times since that first introduction of the prayer rock. The little rock is used with each of us holding an end of the rock as we pray.