"We must leave it to God to answer our prayers in His own wisest ways. Sometimes, we are so impatient and think that God does not answer. God always answers! He never fails. Be still. Abide in Him." Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Day 2-PRAYER! What a powerful thing! I can't imagine my life without it! There are so many times in my life where I had to lean on were prayers to my Lord! When all else failed, I was able to have my faith in the Lord and my relationship with Him to lean on. I know life throws us ups and downs all the time, but sometimes it really throws us down. In my case, I am reminded of the day I found out my mom was going to have to have a quadruple bypass. First, I remember eating at a small pizza place in Oakland City...the day before my college graduation. I get a phone call from my mom telling me she is going to the hospital for chest pains. At this point, I am worried, but don't it's very serious. That night, I find out my mom has been emitted into the hospital for tests and will be missing my graduation and my graduation party. After my graduation party, I visit my mom before heading off to Florida with a group friends for my very first interview for a teaching position. As I cross the border into FL, I get a call from my sister telling me my mom is going to have open heart surgery. Upset, scared, nervous...all the uneasy feelings overwhelm me. My dad and sister tries to comfort me, making it sound like it isn't a big deal. When we arrived to where we were staying we stopped for lunch. At lunch my friends decide to pray for my mom. We pray that the doctors would have to hold off on the surgery until I get back. As we were paying, I receive another phone call from my sister, telling me that due to my mom's diabetes and white blood cell count, they would have to wait a couple weeks!!!! RELIEF!!! Wow! Talk about the power of prayer! God knew how important it was for my whole family to be there together!! Another example...my younger brother was in California for military training when her surgery was scheduled. The head guys got wind about our mom and sent him home...told him that was a family emergency and that he needed to be there with his family and to top that off my brother who lives in TN was also able to make home!!! God is good all the time! He hears and answers our prayers. Those answers may not always be our answers, but God knows what is best! He never fails us. It may feel like it at the time, but trust me this is only one example of all the times that He has answered my prayers in unusual ways! So when in doubt, when you have no where else to turn, turn to prayer! Turn to God! Other answers to prayers:
***I lost my memory card that had pictures of my college graduation, my brothers' high school graduation, and my sister and I fixing my mom up after her surgery-I went to pick up my pictures after having some of them developed. I couldn't find my card. I asked the guy working the photo booth. He hadn't seen it. He called the guy from the night before. He hadn't seen it. I had went through every picture and even cut each apart. (I had gotten smaller prints.) I said a prayer to God...at this point it was the only thing I could do. That card was stuck at the bottom of the envelope the whole time.
***I lost my job. After church one Sunday, a few weeks after our wedding, Jason told me he felt like needed to fast one meal day and asked if I would like to join him during this time. I chose to do so feeling I needed to get closer to the Lord and find more time to spend with Him. We decided every night for dinner we would pray...not just pray, but really pray...really give our heart up to the Lord. That week we decided to fast, I got called for four interviews, got a call back from my old job wanting me back, and a couple other offers after not having a single call all summer! Tell me God isn't good! One of those interviews was for the place I am working at now which is a job I love and enjoy!
***Red eyes! So a couple years ago, I had this red eye problem...not sure what caused it or how to get rid of it...the eye dr didn't even know what it was. I had it for a good 2 months or longer. He had given me several different types of eyedrops...none that were working. He finally told me if this last type didn't work, he would have to send me to a specialist. That weekend, I went to a youth convention with the youth at my church. I remember hearing a song about healing...I remember asking God to heal my eyes...nothing else was working and honestly I hadn't thought to pray about it until that moment. It was almost as if God was telling me in that song, "Ask me to heal it." I gave it up to the Lord during that song. I woke up the next morning, my eyes were clear!!!!!! And they stayed cleared!!!! Crazy how God works! Trust me, it would have been easier for God to have cleared it with those first $80 dollar eye drops that I cried about having to spend money for! However, God had his own plan, his own way of healing...and it wasn't just my eyes...it was a reminder to seek Him for my everyday needs. It reminds me of mine and Eli's talk that one day on our way to Poseyville...God is every profession...even a doctor, an eye doctor at that!
Ok so these are def not even close to the prayers God has answered for me!! These are only a small few. God has answered so many small prayers and now when I can't find something, I stop and say, "Ok God show me where this is, I have no clue where else to look!" Why can't I remember to just stop and ask Him in the first place?!?!
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