Sometimes it feels like prayers go unanswered for a long time and others it is amazing to watch the miracle of God work. Overtime I have come to realize that not all of my prayers will get answered when I want and how I want...I'm laughing right now at all those "I"s! Really it isn't about me it is about God and His perfect timing. We strive so hard to understand to make sense of which prayers are answered and which ones aren't.
The Lord has even shown us through scripture that it isn't for us to understand His ways but to Trust in Him always no matter what..."your will be done" such a simplistic statement. Yet we are always trying to put a reason to it. What would our lives look like if we prayed and then just finished it all off with that sentence..."Lord, your will be done in my life today, tomorrow and forever."
I was stressing out last week as I couldn't for the life of me come up with something to blog about...oh I had ideas but nothing was flowing...something was holding me back and even as I was praying for God to direct me nothing came. I was spending time listening intently for something to happen, for someone to ask me a question or even something to come up in my own life. Strangely enough I was quite ill last week with symptoms from my chronic condition and even still I was praying to God to give me work I knew I could not manage. Oh, but He knew, I'm feeling better this week and have even had the privilege of seeing one of my prayers answered in an obvious way. His will was done, perfectly and completely.
The prayer that was answered was that I have been struggling to come up with a meaningful Women's ministry I felt defeated and alone, no great ideas for great activities coming to mind and just a sense that I wasn't worthy of the title. Darn the evil whispers in my heart, but God was watching out for me and as I prayed for guidance and some sort of sign I was in the right place guess what happened? Yes, He answered my prayer in a very direct and obvious way. Two very wonderful ladies approached me on Sunday asking if they could help out...they both felt God directing them towards this, they were worried I might take it the wrong way. That is until I told them they were the answer to my prayers...WOW.
Even with the evil one whispering to my heart, and my own self doubts my Lord and Saviour has protected me again, reminded me once more that it isn't me alone battling these demons but Him and His army of sisters, and brothers, Praise God and be watching for great things to come...
His will be done...
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