Wednesday, August 29, 2012


I never remember being as sick as I have been this last week since I was a child with measles.  Due to infections, and contracting a possible virus on top of them, the resulting dehydration and wash out of potassium from my system, I have experienced an ongoing vertigo that has put me in bed for days.  Yesterday, I finally didn't have much vertigo, but I was weak - yet I was able to sit up and stay sitting up for a while.  Sudden motion doesn't affect me as much and I am able to eat.  What blesses me most is that the reason I seem to be getting better, is that when I prayed, "Lord, I accept your healing, in whatever way you determine to send it," I landed in the ER, and was getting better thanks to fluids and medications a few hours later.  It is sometimes God's provision to give us help from wiser sources than we.  I am genuinely thankful for that wisdom from other people.
It should be an ongoing attitude to receive the wisdom from almost anyone God will place in our path, in answer to our prayer, and sometimes before we know we need their help. 
My husband who tends not to "get it" when I am sick, was incredibly supportive in cleaning up the mess I was making when sick. If God hears immediately when we call out amidst the storm of illness, he also hears when we call out amist the storm of finance as well. So now I pray, "Lord, provide for payment of the bills for those to whom You sent me, for the wisdom needed to help in my healing."  I confess a faith, and ask for help should I doubt for this provision.  God intends to bless, and I am accepting that blessing in whatever way he makes the way to provide. God is Good. 

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Just praises this morning for the wonderful ways that Jesus is actively present in our lives.  He is riding with my daughter as she travels, and was with my grandson who traveled yesterday through nasty storms.  He protects my son in law each trip he makes on the trains, and my son on the lake on the boat.  I count on him to guard my son on his bike who is training for a run in the fall, and I will look to him to make straight his path then, as well.  Each day I am thankful that there are angels watching over my toddler grandson, who is active beyond our ability to keep up, and will need God's blessing to resolve all that energy before school in a year or two.  God has made a way each time we thought our financial expectations had failed. And he continues to feed us and provide a roof over our heads.  The birds continue to grace my deck with their beauty and song. And I am thankful for the mental and physical rest from scarey and unpredictable things.  I am basking in the joy of the Lord. Just praises.

You are precious to me, dear God. I am so in love with all the ways you are present in my life. Continue to minister to me, as my Heavenly Father, The indwelling Holy Spirit, and my wonderful Lord of Lords and King of Kings, Jesus Christ.  One God, who presents his love in every way that I could possibly need your presence and grace. Become real to someone who does not know you today.  And to all who know you but struggle with knowing how you are working in their lives, open their eyes to your presence and love. In Jesus name, AMEN