Answers to Prayer and Other Stuff

I never realized how much others enjoy listening to my babblings until someone emailed me the other day and told me they hadn't seen anything new and was wondering if I was alright! Although I have a reputation of being a blabbermouth........sometimes I really don't have anything to say.The Scriptures have been so good to me lately. Often I have absorbed a verse and simply set back and thought, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! That sure felt good!" Ever had that experience? If not, you're missing out! As you open your Bible ask God to feed you. May I suggest a Psalms every day. If all you can manage is one verse, then read one verse. I'd also like to suggest you leave an OPEN BIBLE near you. If you have a desk.......that's a good place. If you spend a lot of time in your kitchen.........find a spot.........get that Bible open.

"I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will SING to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me." Psalms 13:5,6I don't know about anyone else, but I really NEED to trust in His mercy. I keep telling folks that if I haven't worn God out yet, then nobody will. I am so thankful for our longsuffering God!

I rejoice in many answers to prayer not only within my own four walls, but in answers to prayer for others. I was asked to pray for a little guy named Gus who was very sick. Gus is getting better every day. I was asked to pray for a pastor's wife with cancer. We are hearing nothing but good news about that situation! I have a writer friend that God has opened doors to go and speak and sing and she comes back from her ministry safe and sound rejoicing in Him and what HE has done thru her. God has been good and I give Him all praise.

Anyone besides me enjoy finding a REAL BARGAIN! When our boys were little had it not been for garage sales, they'd not had clothes. I still enjoy garage sales. I work retail and from time to time I get the job of standing in one spot for hours and doing nothing except repricing things to usually clearance prices! UGH! I hate standing in one spot, but it's a job that must be done. Last week I was doing clearance markdowns in our baby department and what a find I found! Can you believe I found umbrella strollers for $1.50?!!!!! I was so excited because I knew without a doubt God had allowed me to work in that area that day because He knew that blessing was there. I have a valuable friend that works in a ministry that can really use such a bargain. There was 8 of those little strollers and God provided so I could get them all to donate to my friend's ministry! Do we have an awesome God or what! I also found TWO bottles of baby shampoo for fifty four cents each and one very soft, fleece yellow blanket for a mere dollar. I am not always the one that do these markdowns. Don't even try to tell me that God didn't have a hand in having me do that job that day with THOSE blessings! I give Him all praise! Know what else? God has already given back to me the money I invested in His ministry. I invested around ten to twelve dollars. Yesterday, God provided a much needed one hundred dollars to us. I haven't even managed to get the merchandise to where it needs to go and God is already sending in the blessings from it. Wonder what He'd sent had I invested MORE!!!!!

It's the time of the year in retail when work hours are usually cut way back. I have a dear friend I work with that has major need. She is single and depends on her job to live. Her hours had been so few. I keep praying that God will give us increase in sales at work so EVERYONE can have the work hours THEY NEED. Lift a hand to heaven today because my friend got a lot more hours to work on the next schedule! That's God! That's God answering prayer and God taking care of NEED!

I hardly ever get to see our youngest son. He is the busiest guy I've ever seen. He keeps in touch by phone but for this mom, it's not the same as seeing him or spending time with him. I give God all praise because I have seen our youngest son 3 days in a row this week AND........I've had the pure pleasure of feeding him something home cooked! He's on the go and travels so much, he eats out a lot. I've got to fix him some things this week that I know he enjoys he'd never get out on the move. Getting those hugs from him means more to me than I could ever express!

We have MORE good news! We are gona have another little grandson come June. Our oldest is busting at the seams over the news he's having a boy. We'd all been just fine no matter. We pray for healthy babies in our family. I guess they've set their minds on naming him Brock Andrew. I am assuming it'll grow on me eventually! He's not our baby and they can certainly name him what they want. You know me.......I'd stick a Bible name in there some place. I guess if I have a concern at all it is that this little guy will be like his 2 year old brother! Talk about a busy baby! My goodness that 2 year old of ours is amazing! I'm too old to chase after one that stays that busy! No way I'd ever manage running after two of them......but boy won't I have fun trying!

With all the blessings come the challenges and the heartaches. Your continued prayer support for my sister, brothers, and I as we journey on with Mom is much appreciated. For those of you who don't know, we were told 4 years ago that Mom had six months to a year left. The doctor sent us home from the hospital with Hospice involved. I remember when the doctor told us that I looked him right in the eye and said, "You don't know our Mom and you don't know the God we know!" Hospice of course has since come uninvolved. We're out here in this ocean of challenge flopping around trying to always agree and trying to always do the right things with Mom and for Mom. Three of us are believers, one is not. It's not easy. The decision has been made to place Mom in a home where professional people can watch her and help her. If anyone thinks it was an easy decision...............take my word for it, it wasn't. Mom's mind is failing. Her body is broken and it's harder and harder for her to even get up and walk across the floor. So many things have fallen into place and opened up for us for Mom so quickly, we believe the timing of this is of God. Those of us who believe in the power of prayer have prayed for God's leading every step of the way with Mom. As much as I hate the thought of Mom not being with family all the time, I am soooooooo excited because Mom will be living ten minutes from me. All our lives Mom and I have always wanted to live close to each other. I've always been thirty minutes or farther away. Now, she'll be ten minutes from me and I'm so excited about that. We are thankful Mom will be under the watchful eye of professional people who are trained to handle her every situation. When you think of us.......please remember us in prayer. We hope within a few more days we'll have her settled. (Paperwork, paperwork, and more paperwork! UGH!!!!)

Til next time................"Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings." Psalm 17:8 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............