God assured me He is willing to work in the heart of another if I am willing to pray. I am grateful to see some maturity blossoming in my walk with Him and my prayers with Him. I am also recognizing why it takes so long for Him to answer some prayers. He would love to bless me with instantaneous results but then it would indicate I was praying rightly and not praying amiss.
"You have not because you ask not." About 5 months ago I began to ask God what that really meant because I was attributing it only to petitions. I have since come to believe is refers to all questions that come up during my day, or that I can think of. For example, asking what a specific verse means. Or, how will I know what I am to do? Where, how, what do You want me to change. How or what should I be seeking. What do You want to do with my day? Why did You call me to nursing and then pull the rug out from under me? One day I asked Him how to pronounce the place Illyricum. He gave me a pronunciation that works for me so if I ever need to read that passage out loud, I can read it without hesitation or stammering to try and figure out how to say it.
It seems, my passion to know and understand is paying off when I realize how it compels me to seek Him for the interpretation or for understanding. No question is too small or dumb. So, I am beginning to ask Him a lot of questions. He smiles a lot at me. And our relationship is growing.
- Carmen
- Willamette Valley, Oregon, United States
- Pictured at the top are our 3 children: John, Jamie and Amelia. I am one whose full identity is locked into who the Word of God says I am, but these are a few personal handles GOD has given me throughout the years: Joyful Song of the Church, One who is quick to repent, She who submits, Watchman on the wall at the gate, Thoroughbred in training for the big race, Point man with a trumpet and Archway stone. Named by my parents: Carmen And since the death of Queen Know-it-all, God named me, Martyr.
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