Prayers Answered

Sometimes God gives us difficult things to understand.

We pray and pray and pray, and it seems like He doesn't answer.  

Or it seems like the answer is wrong.  

But He always answers, and He's never wrong.

Sometimes it's just a different answer than what we hoped for.

 

I received some sad news yesterday morning.  Kind of surprising and yet, not totally unexpected news.  But really sad, definitely unwanted, news.  I've had some time to digest it, and time to remember that God's plan for His people, for His church if you will, is good, and when we entrust that to Him we can experience peace, and even happiness, in the situation.  Prayers will continue, some the same and some different. 

 God will continue to hear them...and to answer them. 

In His way and in His time. 

 

 

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,

thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

 

 

"His Space" by Becky

 

Every now and then the Lord leads me to a blog post that blesses me in an extra special way.  I was blessed yesterday when I read this blog post:  His space.   I've been reading Becky's blog for about a year.  In that year it's changed...she's changed.  The stuff she's writing is so good. Not that it wasn't good before...but now there's so much more meat in posts...I love reading them!
But it wasn't just this post...it was also the comments.  Great posts generate some great responses.  I love reading the comments too.  There's so much wisdom and truth and encouragment in those comments.  Of course, once I read the comments I had to visit the blogs of those commenting.  More good stuff!  The Lord knows exactly what we need and He knows exactly when we need it. 

I am so grateful for that. 

 

Becky's writing has been so full of Him lately....you can read more

of her posts at Farmgirl Paints.  This next photo is from the bottom of her blog page.
I think the Lord is answering her prayer.

 

 

 

His Timing is Always Perfect

"Help us to humbly put our hands into Your hand,

and to trust You and to seek Your will for our lives during this coming year."

Billy Graham

 

 

I used this quote in my New Year's Day post.  I worked on that post the morning of Dec 31st.  Typically I set up the "next day's post" the night before.  Occasionally I have it ready earlier in the day....sometimes even a day or two before....but 90% of the time it's just the night before. 

 

When I chose the quote from Billy Graham I thought it was a nice quote...a really good prayer for myself, my family, and anyone else who happened to visit my blog.  I had nothing specific in mind that New Year's Eve morning....something about it just spoke to me.  So I decided to go ahead and get the posting done. Good thing....because had I put it off to do that evening...,well, I don't know if it would have "spoke to me" then.  I was definitely not in the same frame of mind. 

I probably wouldn't have even taken the time to set up a post that night.

 

You see, before the year ended something happened that abruptly changed my little world.  When I (finally) woke up New Year's Day and got on the computer my new post was there.  I read the quote again.  I thanked God for the reminder and put my hand into His. God knew exactly when the post needed to be scheduled.

 

Everyone is fine...healthy...that's not the issue at all.  But life has taken a very unexpected turn, and events leading up to that turn have stoked very strong emotions in me...so strong that I'm just not quite sure what to do with them. 

But I do know what to call the emotions.

Fear, Hurt, and Anger.

I need to trust the Lord with the future and I need to somehow deal with my anger in a Biblical way.

 

I'm sorry to be so vague - but it's not entirely my story to share. 

I share what I have so far because I know that there are people (who read my blog) who pray. 

They take time and they pray, and I need those prayers right now....