Have you ever had one of those moments where God seems to speak to your heart so loud and clear that you won't, and can't, have peace until you acknowledge that you heard him? I've been having a lot of those moments lately.
The first was when my long time dear friend and mentor, Vanessa, posted about a house that she and her family put an offer on. I read that post and God just spoke to my heart and told me to pray. I actually wasn't even sure of what to pray, i just knew as I said to Carl..."I just have to pray about this." So I prayed, and I prayed hard, i prayed so hard that i wept with joy when God answered my prayer with a Yes...because i knew then that my heart was finally praying things that were so in tuned with God's will that he answered Yes to them. But my theory on prayer probably is a whole other different series of conversations.
The second has been that for the last couple of weeks when i found out that Carl was going to be working a 2-11pm shift I was wondering how to deal with the loneliness that can come in the evening times, again God spoke and said to pray. So I prayed, and then the more i prayed the more he placed into my heart to start, more like, carry out, a ministry. However, i thought to myself, almost laughed as Sarah laughed when she heard that she would have a baby in her old age, "what ministry can be had in the late afternoon early evenings, with a mother of 1 little baby." Then today as I was sitting in church looking at all our elderly people I realized that I could visit some of our shut-ins and even some of our not so shut-in Elderly. But i wasn't yet ready to act, so i prayed some more and God spoke so loudly that I could not leave church this evening without mentioning to one of our pastor's my desire. Of course, it was hugely welcomed, but i didn't know or realize how much it would be welcomed until my pastor's wife revealed to me how they just recently had one family approach them and ask if someone would be willing to visit their grandmother/ mother a little more often as she was struggling deeply with loneliness.
I must say that I do not post this to boast myself up but simply because I am amazed of how God works in our hearts to direct his will for not only our lives but for the lives of others. I am amazed at the work that he has been doing in my heart...I finally feel as though I am re-gaining something that I thought was gone forever. A heart of gratitude and thankfulness, one that is so full of it that one can not help but to be obedient to the god and author of our salvation.
3 comments:
This is a huge encouragment to me.
I know it's strange, but I've been struggling feeling like maybe I just wanted the house so much that I somehow forced God's hand. The fact that I keep hearing about other people's prayers helps me feel more confident that this is God's plan for us...I'm not just dreaming!
It is an amazing thing to hear God's voice. It doesn't happen too often to make it seem like no big deal to me, and yet, I really do know when it is Him and not just the other "voices" in my head (ha ha!)
I love this. You are going to be a great blessing in this situation...you are so good at visiting older people and they love babies!
Yeah, God!
. Seriously Vanessa, what i wrote on your blog about what i prayed for is absolutely true. God just strongly said to pray and so i prayed...i just prayed and i really felt as though God had tought you and taken you as far as you were going to go in your knowledge of him with where you were. My heart desired to not only see you blessed but to see you grow and I truly felt and feel like having this house is going to be another tool that God uses to grow you even more.
I love you...and Thank you so much for the encouragement
i'm so glad God is using you, Sara!
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