"INSTAPRAY": Jesus takes over social networking.

Photo via INSTAPRAY on Instagram

     Ladies and Gentlemen, I have hit the mother-load. This post just may turn out to be another short and sweet one but I  promise it will be 100% impactful...a life transforming tool if you chose it to be. I can confidently say I have found us all a digital Utopian society.. Okay, well maybe that's not the best analogy but I can definitely say I have found a community I am jumping out of my "burrito-style" wrapped blankets in order to get more and more involved in and am so eager to share it with you all. A few days back I decided to download the "Instapray" app, after following their instagram for a while and seeing it mentioned on their profile. Today, I opened the app, made an account and my heart was instantly warmed and bursting with excitement at first glance, and If you know me you know I am not that easily intrigued. To break it down, Instapray is essentially, a Christian community in which you can go to seek answers, encouragement, prayer, positivity, love and give those same things away to others. As I began to scroll I saw prayer requests, inspirational photos, quotes and lots and lots of nothing but love and support. I then took it upon myself to publish a personal prayer request and almost instantaneously, I received responses; people praying with me, sharing my request and encouraging me and to put it plainly, it honestly made me feel so...happy. It's a simple word and a just as simply feeling but possesses so much beauty. It was so beautiful to see God's people supporting one another and spreading the love in which he instructed us to. Not only that, but It allows you to see that you are not alone in your circumstances and that you have a community of people praying for you and rooting you on, assuring you that whatever you have been led to, God will lead you through. There's just something so touching, seeing "*insert username here* has prayed with you" pop up on your home-screen notifications; much more fulfilling and beneficial than *so and so has favorited your tweet* if I do say so myself. I was in awe of the fact that people who probably can't even pronounce my name (most people can't on first attempt) actually cared for me and my circumstances enough to take time out of their day in order to let me know I am love and they are thinking of me, praying for me. Everyone is open and accepting, non judgmental and willing to listen. It is a place in which we all acknowledge we are nowhere near perfection however, we serve a God who is and has not placed us on this earth to co-exist but to help one another and provide each other with what each of us are lacking. Unity. This community-wide acknowledgment of imperfection allows me to feel so much more comfortable reaching out for prayer and sharing my circumstances with others because I know 1. I have a cyber support system and 2. My story just may help someone else realize the fact that they are not alone and encourage them to stand firm in their faith, that they will soon be brought out of their season. Ultimately, Instpray is a glorious, well-ballanced compilation of Twitter, Instgram and the love of God infused in an app and I am so blessed to now be a part of this uplifting community. Thank you so much to the founder, Fryd for creating such a place of fellowship, love and community.
~ Nathia