With me always! ALWAYS! How do I so easily forget that sometimes?
Even though I spent Day 2 reveling in every teeny, tiny, 'evidence of His presence' --and giggling like a school girl over His LOVE and care for me...Day 3 began on a different note. Fatigue is often the enemy of faith. Such was the case yesterday, as I had worked well into the night entering, online, a listing for the house that I need to sell..."praying" as I typed. Well, it "felt" like "praying" to me at the time! Yet, when my head hit the pillow in the wee hours of the morning I felt convicted that I had just spent, literally, hours on end...striving in my own strength... "being anxious...for everthing!"
Tell me again, Lord! I forget!
That's when my mind finally stopped it's frantic wandering and I asked God to please tell me "how to pray" in this situation. What a concept! Almost immediately the only thought I heard was "Pray for the people who will live in your house." So I did. In fact, I made it a prayer request at my church and with my prayer partner.
Everything changed. A friend showed up to come along aside me and help with some very physical work that needed to be done at the house. Suddenly a job I had "dreaded" and procrastinated over, became a full day's work made fun by the addition of her 'off-the-wall' sense of humor in every situation. As if that weren't blessing enough...just moments after the dreaded job was done, a potential "buyer" showed up! Their home just sold. They are praying to find a new one before their closing. I wish you could have seen their faces when I smiled at their story and said, "I've been praying for you too."
Suddenly, I realized my "infallible proof" for Day 3 was, once again, the peace in my heart that "all is well" because I am loved, and all the details of my life are safely in "HIS" hands...I can let go!
So can you! It doesn't take a 40 day journey...though I encourage you to come along for the ride! The 'evidence of His presence" is yours-- for the asking!
Thank you Jesus, that You have the perfect home chosen for these folks...and the perfect 'home-owners' chosen for me. If , indeed, we have now met...I say Yay God! Either way, I will continue to pray for the precious family you placed in my life yesterday and rest in knowing...it is finished!