Prayer

I have learned so much over the past seven months about the impact of prayer. There are some things I cannot share on this blog that has been on my heart. One issue has been going on the months now. I’ve stayed awake nights praying for something. The past months I have wanted to give up but the Lord somehow reminded me not to give up. He brought people in from the Bible to my mind to be godly examples~ Hannah wanted a son and prayed for what seemed along time~ God blessed her when she gave it to the Lord.

Job lost his possessions, his family, his wife of all people told him to “curse God and die". It seemed he wanted to give up even after his health was taken away, but he kept his eyes on the Lord—even though at times he may have asked “why.” I’ve been much like this is a situation asking “why Lord why…” But the Lord reminds me to keep my eyes on Him.

The lesson in the New Testament when the disciples where in the boat and Jesus was sleeping. The disciples asked “Lord don’t you care if we perish or not.” But yet, God showed his great love. He calmed the winds and the waves~ He was in complete and ultimate control of the situation. I may never me in control of the situations in my own life~ but GOD always is and always has a plan. He calms those waves in my heart and helps me see that He is the only one to give me complete and total peace.

Jeremiah and the potter’s house has shown me God is making a vessel through everything he presses upon my life and heart. He wants to mold me into what HE wants me to be~ and as the song says, “its a task full of pain and care I’m molding a masterpiece of great beauty.”

Through the months I’ve learned all this about prayer~ Here are some things for you to pray about for me~

• * Hannah-
• * My dad completing cancer treatments
• * summer employment
• * Aunt Cathi LaCounte: melanoma has spread to lung and liver—NEEDS TO BE SAVED
• *Aunt Phyllis: has quit cancer treatments for lung cancer

Prayer changes things~ Never give up!