When was the last time someone asked you to pray for them? Did you say yes, only to say one little quick prayer? Did you really pray a sincere prayer several times?
Often in our lives we get these request. Often it is our best intentions to really pray but only say a quick prayer and hope it was enough. Often we get upset when our prayers aren't answered in the way we prayed for. Sometimes that is what makes us not pray like we should. Have you ever wondered if praying really works? Of course you have... we all have. The answer is YES!
Rather you believe in praying or not is totally your business. I, myself, am a firm believer in prayers. I have seem what can happen when lots of prayers go up. I am also guilty of not praying like I should sometimes. There are times when my prayers are more like conversations with God. Then there are those times when I have those deep soul cleansing crying prayer. Those seem to occur when I am at my wits end and frustrated with myself, life or people. When I'm done I feel better because I have then turned it all over to God to let Him handle it. God wants us to turn over our concerns, worries and troubles to Him and trust in Him, let Him deal with it. That is the hardest thing for us to do. Yes we are all guilty of it.
So the next time someone ask you to pray for them or someone in their family take a second and ask yourself if you were in their position and in need of prayer wouldn't you want someone to pray for you? Sometimes we aren't sure how to pray for them or what to pray for. That is when you pray for God to provide whatever it is they need... He already knows. The same goes for you... He already knows your needs and concerns.
Let go.. Let God!!
If you are ever in need of prayer please feel free to ask.
Love and hugs..... Kathy
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Edited to add my sisters comment... she makes some really good points!
I AM BLESSED by a Prayerful Sister! Amen!
It's so funny that you wrote about this because I just got through reading "Don't Bet Against Me" by Deanna Favre and it was such an inspiring book. It was so deeply moving. But in her book she speaks about prayer. We so easily get frustrated when God doesn't answer our prayers the way we want and in the timely manner that we want. So, yes, we stomp our feet, cross our arms, huff and puff...And just give up.
Too easily is it to forget....wait a minute. God answers all our prayers. It's not our choice to decide how He answers them. He sometimes says...YES! immediately. Then there are times that He says...Maybe! Give me some time to think about it. Then there are other times that He tenderly says No! Not at this time, that's not what I would have for you. He answers ALWAYS!
He knows all things and sometimes just as we tell our children no, because we know it's for the best, He tells us no. Why? Because the outcome sometimes isn't what they see and we already know. Why? Because they are our children. Just as we are God's children.
When I look at God answering prayers as answering to our children's wants and desires...I think WOW! I know why sometimes NO is the final answer! Sometimes it's devastating. But OH He is a Promising God. He never leaves us..just as we never leave our children. He loves us unconditionally, although I am sure there's often times He's thinking, "What in the world were they thinking?" or "I just don't know about that child!" or "This child is going to be the death of me?(hehehe)"
We as parents get frustrated but God instills in us Patience. And when used PROPERLY it truly does work. Then, like God, we are able to say, "I know they will make the right decision", or "That child is difficult, but Oh how I love him/her" or "This child means the world to me and I want what's best for him/her." So thinking of it that way I have completely learned to believe in God's love for His children and I have learned the true meaning of Faith.
I trust God with my life. He knows my needs and my desires and he distinguishes between the two for me. It's taken me quite some time to get to the point I am at in my life. I grow daily, and I have plenty room left to grow. But now, I see things the way God would have me see them. And boy it sure makes life so much richer.
I love what you wrote Kat, and it only reminds me of just how much alike we truly are. I am thankful for that. You have a HUGE heart! Big enough for all of us, and in that I find some of my richest blessings. I love you and I know you know just how much. Well written...Bravo to you!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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Well since I am the Dad of you two sisters, I guess I can say I am proud of you both. It does a soul good to read something like this where God is involved and written by his two daughters. I showed you both sides of life, the good and the bad. The life I live now is all God. I guess loosing every thing I worked for in life twice, and moving to Florida was what it took for God to get my attention. As you know it took 8 months and a lot of bible study, and I did say study, not read, to find that all the years I thought I was serving God and being a christian, I was only playing a game. I was letting the preachers do the studing and tell me what I am to believe and do as a christian. Only to find out that they were only giving me half the story. I have now found a church and a real love relationship with God at college road baptist church here in Ocala. My new prayer for you two is that you will both carry what you have said in this blog forth and have a real relationship with
God, and share his love with your families. I pray you both will learn from my mistakes. May God Bless you both, and I am very
proud of you. With Love, Your Dad
Dear daddy... thank you! Guess we both had our hearts and minds on prayer and praying today. I told David after I read it to him that Sissy and I Must get our deep connection to faith and God from you. In our eyes you were always a Godly man. Yes there were trials and tribulations along the way but lessons were learned all around. Isnt that Gods point and purpose when He gets your attention? Sometimes He has to bops us on the head a couple of times to get our full attention.
Daddy the things you lost were just that THINGS. When you really look at it from a different stand point... God removed everything that was holding you down and back. He wanted you to make a fresh start in life. He knew that you were surrounded by things and reminders that kept you from moving forward. He took it all away you had to rely fully on Him. You were left with the most important things in life... Your life, Your children and your faith in God. Those are the things that could never be replaced. The necessary materialistic things lost were replaced.
Daddy... we are all human and we all make mistakes, but God is a forgiven God and He knows us better than anyone else. Just keep living, loving, studing, learning, praying and growing in God and life will be better than it ever was before. Always remember the 3 important things He left you.
I love you and am so very proud of how far you have come and grown in the past couple of years. I am proud to have you as my daddy!
I write this to my daddy in reference to the comment he left for me and my sister:
It's not often you see a daddy turn his whole life around in the early ages of my life. I feel that a special woman helped you realize just what you wanted your life to be like and it wasn't the one you were living. Nana. I think she was only the start of where you are now in your life. In my heart I know God brought her into your life and ours for a reason. To watch you change in life and come as far as you have has been such a blessing to witness. Front row and center at that. My son knows he has a prayerful papa who's loved in his church. He knows more about God because his papa takes time to talk to him about God. He knows how to pray, because he's heard his papa pray. There's so much daddy that I can't even began to express on how you've touched our family. When Gavin hurts or is upset...he wants to call his papa. I hope you know what you mean to that youngun. You've instilled in him values and christian morals that will carry him throughout his life. Look how far he's come. Prayer. I guess what I am really trying to say is I could never be more proud of you than I am today. You've never let us down and I hope that someday my son can say the same for me. You are the best dad two girls could dream of...and your ours. We are proud of that indeed!
Thanks Girls that makes a Father proud. Love you both.
Your Dad.....
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