Whew!!!... Today has been a long, hot, busy day.
As I sit here, in my favorite big comfy chair,
I am thinking about today and though it was filled with
Many "to dos", and ended with a super fun birthday party of one our
dearest friends, I keep thinking of something that has been on my
heart for the past several days.
At this very moment I am surrounded by sickness, disease, people
Hurting, families in situations that are demanding huge decisions, and it stinks. Really, it stinks, so much of me and my human heart wants to reach out and take that pain, hurt and sadness away. However, I am
quickly reminded of the Ultimate healer, God himself. A friend asked me this week, "how do you pray for God to perform a miracle, but at the same time prepare yourself to be able to handle the outcome of the situation?"....
Then, it hit me! I have been battling with this question for quite some time. I find my prayers being may your will be done, with the mindset of "whatever happens is your will and I'm
O.K with that, to even I am praying "your will be done,God" meaning that it terrifies me to think of putting complete trust and faith in you because you may have a different plan. Then, there's a chance I would be broken and wonder why did the healer, almighty, God that I know not answer my prayer the way I asked him to??....
I know that my faith has been challenged the past 2 years, but the truth, Gods word has been constant.
A prayer that Paul prayed for the Ephesians:
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray
That out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power
Through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:14-19
I have read this verse many times through the years, and I love it! As I read it at this moment, with all the hurting loved ones around
me, I am in awe of how little I understand His love for me and you.
I can't even grasp our fathers love for us.
One of our favorite Veggie Tales videos quotes "trying to understand Gods love for us would be like trying to count every grain of sand in the entire world"
What a great picture... Imagine yourself trying to figure out How many grains of sand that covers the earth...
One of the greatest moments I have experienced is when one of my children come to me, completely on their own and say "mommy" and I respond, "yes?", "I love you" or as Jackson would say "mommmmy!, I yuv eww!"....
At that moment my heart is just full. I think to
myself how much more our heavenly father loves us, and it's hard to fathom that he loves us more than that!!. WOW!
I share all this because in the midst of everything we are surrounded by good or bad, God is SO here walking and even carrying us through it! I know that God hears and answers my prayers. I want my prayers to be faithful and when I talk to God I want to fully trust and
NOT hold back and let the fear of what "might happen" consume me.
God is love. His love is greater, bigger, longer, wider, and higher than anything we will ever experience on earth. Gods love is eternal.
Love it! So much is going on right now and God has really shown himself to me. Thanks for the blog!
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