Happy Tuesday!

This writing is being sent to San Antonio to Bruce’s computer for his excellent editing. When that is finished, he will post from Carme and Dave’s house. Bruce and Dave spent the afternoon watching movies. So far, other than becoming easily tired, Dave’s healing seems to be progressing very well. Bruce is planning to leave for home between 2 and 3 tomorrow hoping to avoid super heavy Austin traffic. Please pray for him as he travels back to the Metroplex with the next winter storm on the way.

Matthew 7: 7 “Ask and it will be given to you.”

How many times have you driven through a parking lot and prayed for a parking space? And then when a close space appears you give a short prayer of thanks for this blessing. I remember an episode of “The King of Queens” when the couple began to pray and treated their prayers like a vending machine. They would pray and the item they were praying for appeared. Their motives remind me of a televangelist who told the congregation that prayer was like dropping quarters into a vending machine. If you place your money in a vending machine you expect a drink to come out. His motives were that if people sent him large sums of money then they would receive multiple times their investment in return.

I don’t think God is like a vending machine. God does not always answer our prayers instantly. God does not work on our time, but in His time, “For our thoughts are not His thoughts and our ways are not His ways”. If our requests and petitions in our prayers are in line with God’s perfect will for our lives, then the prayers will be answered, but God is not a bellhop who answers our every whim. God is our sovereign God Almighty who places desires in our hearts that will honor Him and will allow His perfect will to be enacted in our lives. Sort of makes God the Boss, huh?!

God does not always answer quickly, but I happen to think that is what faith and hope are all about. So friends, if you are praying for something then trust that God has heard your prayers. Believe He loves you more than you cn possibly imagine and will only allow His perfect will to be done in our lives.

Take joy in the journey. Wear comfortable shoes . Count your blessings and say your prayers. Let us continue to lift each other up in prayer each day remembering that we are all fighting some sort of battle. Love you all so very much and thanks for all of your prayers, Bruce ,Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

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I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe and I believe God