I have a shirt from Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch that says Pray Listen Do. Praying is easy for me but I need to stop and listen to hear what God has for me. Doing is hard but sometimes we are asked to do things that we don’t like but we never know what that outcome will be.
6 months ago I wrote to my stepson and told him what I felt God wanted me to share with him. In all the years I’ve never felt released to tell him about his dad and the things we did while he was not in our lives. I told him that we prayed for him and his sister’s everyday. We never forgot your birthdays in fact we brought a cake and remembered you. We thought about you on all the holidays. We read scripture and we gave it all to the Lord.
He responded the most he’s ever written to me and I left it at that. I prayed that God would change his heart and want a relationship with his dad. About 3 weeks ago Larry told me that his son had reached out to him out of the blue and told him that he was a grandpa and told him about his son.
I prayed, I listened and I did what the Lord wanted me to do. You never know how and what God is planning when you obey Him.
Another cool story is I have step Sisters and a stepbrother who live in Ireland. I pray for them often as well. Recently I got a message from one of my stepsisters and she told me that she was praying for me with the loss of my stepdad and that she loves the Lord. I cried and cried tears of joy that she too knew the Lord. That’s amazing. So don’t every give up on those prayers because in God’s timing He will surprise us and it’s better then we ever imagined.
I’m reminded of this now as I wait to hear if I’m going to be accepted into a co operative housing. It will be life changing for me. A place in a community. A place without mold. A place where I can call home and so many amazing benefits, especially being affordable for me.
As I sit here this morning Praying about the situation, I’m listening and waiting. I feel peace surreal peace that only comes from Him. ❤️
Beauty from Ashes. 