A "pass along" email form Joanne Schleck:

...and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints. Revelation 5:8

Hurriedly, I was trying to retrieve e-mail I had deleted by mistake. No
such luck. It was gone from that big E- mailbox in the sky. I was
reminded of old science fiction movies where a martian, or other
outer-space individual, would get zapped. One beam of light and he was
deleted. Gone.

This week my husband was sharing how much his spiritual heritage means
to him. "Just think," he said, "of all the prayers that have been said for
me by my parents, grandparents, and others. Who knows where I'd be if
it weren't for all those prayers!"

Later, I thought about what Ben had said. None of the prayers offered
in his name has ever been deleted. No prayer he has prayed has been
erased, either. Nor mine. Nor yours.

It says in the final book of the Bible that all our prayers are stored
in huge golden bowls in God's throne room. All.

What an honor, privilege, and blessing to pray. Each and every prayer
is heard by God Himself. And not one of them will ever be deleted. Not
even by accident.