Who you gonna call?

 

 Good morning, I hope all of you turned your clocks back and are not sitting at the church waiting for the doors to open! I always look forward to this time change, but it takes me a while to get used to it, as it seems like 9 at night when it is only 6 due to the darkness closing in so early!
      It snowed off and on late into the night and there is a beautiful blanket of white on the ground this morning, I must say it is starting earlier than I have ever seen it in the 18 years I have lived here.  I usually get apprehensive as to whether we will have snow for Thanksgiving and usually we do not! Who knows maybe this year we will! There is just something magical to me about waking up on Thanksgiving morning with snow on the pumpkins! It is as special to me as waking up on Christmas morning to a fresh blanket of pure, white snow!
       I prayed this morning for a long time, I sat in my quiet solitude a steaming cup of coffee in hand, feeling the love and grace of my Father in heaven, I sat for a long time with a completely blank mind, no interruptions, nothing bothering me, just the quiet goodness of sharing my spirit with God. I then prayed my usual prayers asking with all of the love in my heart that God bless each of you, that he feel all that you are going through and that he comfort you with peace and calm. I asked him to be with all who are suffering illness, that this day he free all from pain, that he clear any confusion, that he fill the spirit with his love and that he allow all who are with heavy hearts to have a day that will be a perfect, wonderful memory. I asked him to bless each who are struggling with finances, addiction, depression, drama, stress and loss of loved ones, that you might be awakened today that there is a way out of each of these, that there is hope even though you might not feel that there is, I asked him to gently touch you in a way that you will know he is with you, to allow the veil to thin so that you might see the direction he is pointing you toward, that you might catch a glimpse of the possibilities that could be in your life if only you would take a leap of faith and trust in his promise. I prayed with fervor that he would allow each of us to forgive ourselves for bad choices we have made, that he relieve us of our regret and that he allow us to know that in our request for forgiveness he has forgiven. I thanked him for the gift and blessing of repentance, knowing that when I make poor choices and when I break rules I can honestly with true intent ask for forgiveness and know he does forgive is such a comfort to me. I thanked him for each of you in my life, for my beautiful daughter and my unborn grandbaby, for my daughters "better half" who is such a blessing in my life for loving my girl so much. I thanked him for my Wayde, for allowing me to know true love, for allowing me to know unconditional love. I thanked him for John and James, Wayde's sons who bring joy to my heart each and every time I see them, I thanked him for the pain I suffer as it makes me stronger and allows me to understand when others are hurting, I thanked him for all of the hurdles he has allowed me to jump as it makes me stronger and more determined to stay on the path I know I need to take. I thanked him for everything..good and bad in my life, and I did all of these things in the name of my savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
     God has the only number that I know of that you can call and rest assured you will never get a busy signal, it will never go to voice mail, the number never changes, he is open 24/7, you don't have to wait to be transferred, and you never have to press 1 for bla, bla, bla! He answers all calls and is always happy to hear from you!  I love the power of prayer, I see miracles each day and I know how important it is in each of our lives. I know that mass prayer produces miracles, I am witness to answered prayers each and every day and as long as I have breath I will pray. Today I ask you...."who you gonna call?"

A note about prayer: 
     Prayer is a complex phenomenon and there are times in life when God seems not to answer our prayers involving very important issues such as a death or an accident of a loved one, a struggle, or a painful situation. We hear stories about answered prayers that are meant to simplify, wrap into a tidy package or define how God works or His nature, or explain why some people regularly receive answers to prayers, while others do not, though these persons may be equally as faithful to God. In some prayers, the answer are instantaneous, but as we know some answers to prayer may come slowly and quietly after many years. Why will God answer a prayer for a lost item, but seem quiet in the face of tragedy? Such is the mystery of God. 
But God has many things He wants to teach us and has His reasons for doing what He does. There are countless times that God does answer our prayers, yet we are blind to recognize them. And though it may seem that God is against us or has abandoned us, we may never understand what it all means until it is revealed to us in the future. 
So though we wish God would answer all of our prayers, all of the time, we have come to understand that though we don't get what we want most of the time, we trust in God's infinite wisdom and thank Him for His faithfulness to us and hope to one day understand the ways for our existence here on earth when we do see Him.
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