Pray @ MindSay

In no particular order:

1. Call the owner of the MMA school back...again. He didnt answer his phone last time.
2. Clean the room that is on my weekly list (Kid's bedroom) altho i will probably make him do most of it.
3. Check in on what Flylady.net says I should do other than shine my sink (cuz I am not getting ahead in this cleaning crap AT ALL).
4. Pray for all my friends and family, all the things that I have promised to pray about, and for the ministry that God has called me into. More on the ministry when I am at liberty reveal it.
   
5. Pray that someone good gets my dog out of the kennel forever.
6. Call around to lawyers to see what they can do about these freaking commercial collection agencies that keep calling me all day long.
   

I am sure there is more, but I can't think of it past needing a cup of coffee right now. I am still contemplating taking my 2 weeks of free jiu jitsu classes, but I am scared I will like it so much I will want to continue. That crap is expensive.We already pay them the better part of a paycheck every month. I refuse to give them the whole thing. My friend (a fighter's wife) says she will only do her 2 weeks when I do mine so we can wrestle each other and not the sweaty gross men LOL.

            We had a prayer meeting at our place Wednesday night. 

 

            It was wonderful.

 

            For quite a while, we just prayed quietly in the Spirit.  In fact, for most of the time we prayed this way.  We sought Him together.  I didn’t know what was going on in the hearts of the other folks, but when I began to pray “in the understanding,” as the apostle Paul describes it, I asked God to give us an insatiable desire for Him, a hunger for Him.  I asked for forgiveness for not seeking Him as we should. 

 

            We prayed for about an hour.

 

            I don’t pray so I can have a feeling.  But when we were finished, after being in with His Spirit for this length of time, I felt so joyful, so full, so satisfied, so much in love.  I hugged everybody in the room—although there weren’t that many to hug! 

 

            Thank You, Lord.  Please continue to give us a hunger and thirst for You, a love for You that is greater than our love for this world and our own lives.   

 

    When talking with people online I have learned to keep my heart open to signals for help -- It happens every time. Well, I have found out that the hurt, pain, issue, concern or whatever else it’s called which a person goes through in life manages to slip out in the chat or conversation. Even his silence can be telling.

Yet I also know my limitations. No matter how much I want to help sometimes I can’t because I don’t have ready answers in my hands or that we're oceans apart. I’m not superwoman or a fairy godmother or some popular deity who can turn woes to joys – no human being is. Not right either to pretend to be – not good to give out false hopes. Maybe I’d be tempted to simply disappear from the chat and blame it on the ‘failed’ Internet connection the next time we meet. Often though I find that neither is my strength sufficient for such a deep need. I may be just like the other person frail and weak; I know I am. Sometimes I can't even find my own strength, silly me!

But then I can’t let the moment pass without trying to help ease someone’s burden when the need or moment calls for it. It’s something Mom was very good at with friends or strangers, she never turned her back on a hurting heart. Maybe I am unable to give concrete solutions but I stay and listen cause it tugs right at my heartstrings I guess just like Mom.

Yet my human limitations are not a drawback in helping people I now understand. There is something that I can do that transcends everything else. I can --- PRAY.

I can pray and pray I will. I don’t need a church to do that nor a prayer book nor some grand manifestation or external trappings of ‘feigned holiness’ which admittedly and unfortunately we sometimes see around us. Just like this lady I saw in a passenger jeep with closed eyes and fingers on her rosary supposedly ‘praying’. Ten minutes later, her fingers were still on the same bead unmoving! -- Quite amusing indeed. Several days after in another jeep I saw this old woman with her rosary -- finishing ten Hail Mary beads before she got off for her stop. That was something. Just an observation. Not saying that one is better than the other -- I can't read minds nor intent. We each have our ways in pursuing piety or religion. That is not the issue here. (And please refrain comments on the subject of religion. Thank you)

You and I can pray for anyone where we are at with what we have in the silence of our souls – with nobody knowing at all. It’s called the ‘heart prayer’. It’s accurate, foolproof, speedy, and effective because it travels from heart to heart --- from your heart to God’s heart. Straight, direct, no jammed lines or messed up signals. And you’re sure to catch His attention because you know what --- He always keeps attuned or tuned-in to --- HEARTS.

So then when you find yourself saying to someone 'I'll pray for you' ... do it please! You will be doing the very best you can do for that person. I'm positively sure of that.

And to those who offered me their prayers in my time of need,  you know who you are :-) ... Thank you very much -- from my heart to yours. May God bless you a hundredfold more for the kindness of your soul.

Please pray for my friend Andrew. That his life starts to turn around. And that he begins to believe in himself instead of giving up on life.  To all that do - thank you so much.

 

Sevenglory - Waiting for you

Come into my arms and I will give you rest
Will you trust me with your whole life?
Will you go into the place that I call you to be
and wait until I supply?
Only there will you find joy
Only there will you find me.
Here I am. I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting for the day when you see light
Here I am, you're never alone
Wherever you go, I am here
Trust me with your life.
I will take away the pain you hide and fill it with my love
Will you ever begin to see the reasons why you are here
and take a leap of faith into the arms of me?

Good News: Student-Led Graduation Prayers are A-OK

Family News in Focus Campaign helps teens and faculty recognize their First Amendment rights.

 

Every year about this time, the American Civil Liberties Union and others threaten to bring lawsuits against any school that allows students to share their faith or pray at graduation. The Liberty Counsel has launched the Friend or Foe campaign to help students and faculty recognize their rights and responsibilities. “The campaign is designed to educate and, if necessary, to litigate to make sure that prayer and religious viewpoints are not censored," said Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel. The ground rules are simple: Any prayer that is student-initiated and student-led is perfectly legal. Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said every case that goes through the courts only adds to the confusion. Educational campaigns like Friend or Foe are needed to clear things up, he said. FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit the Liberty Counsel Web site.