...To Live Another Day

Seems like every time I sit down.to write, my thoughts are like a jumbled up necklace that must be patiently unknotted. Today is no exception. Last week was Labor Day weekend and we welcomed another little girl to our family. Elora JoAnne came into this world weighing a little over 7lbs. Daughter of Karanda and James, she entered as somewhat of a surprise..Mostly because Karanda had said she did not want children. But after many years of God waiting for her to change her mind, he changed it for her. Naturally, now that sweet little Elora has made her appearance, it is hard to believe what Karanda was so worried about.

That is kind of how many of our worries are overcome. Enlarged in our minds to enormous proportions, we explore in all directions the possible dire things that might happen, instead of looking at all the good things that could happen. Looking down over the centuries of time, we see that many fears come from the .negative thoughts of what could happen..rather than the endless possibilities of good things God has stored up for us.

Jesus said to us in Mark 9:23 that all things are possible to those who believe. That said, if we believe that good things will happen rather than bad, then the Lord will honor that belief. As I look at all the challenges facing my family right now, then it is with the positive thoughts from the heavens that I will surround these things in positive prayer.

When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he gave them a sample prayer. Jesus said to say..our Father who is in heaven, ask him to please bring those things which are in heaven down to this kingdom of earth. Thy kingdom come...on earth as it is in heaven. When we think of heaven culture, we think of a sinless, perfect world. We think of all things working together in perfection according to the intent of our Heavenly Father for us.

Therefore, when we pray to him about those things that concern us, let us talk to him in a positive manner about our worries and let our conversation be in the positive vain. For example, my Heavenly Father, I ask that you surround my granddaughters with good thoughts about what type of husband they are looking for. I ask that you bring down from your perfect heavenly kingdom that perfect man you have planned for each of them. I ask that the heavenly hosts surround their paths and prevent them from walking in darkness. And lord I ask that you cause each f them to step back and sit down and pause. Pause for awhile and wait on the lords' perfect timing. Perfect in the sense that he knows when you are ready for commitment. Yes, you want the experience of that perfect love now. But to not wait for it is to destroy it.

Praying Thy Kingdom come over their life means that we  pray the perfect intent that our Lord had for them from the beginning.  The beginning when he saw them knit into their mothers womb? Speaking  again to pray or declare in the example of biblical correctness, I would say: Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,  thy will be done on earth...as it is in heaven...Bring down to this sinful earth, the wonderful, glorious things that happen in heaven. Erase the sin from here and renew and recreate this earth with those things that happen in heaven. Or, make earth just as it is in heaven. I ask for a heavenly habitation. Holiness, come live on this earth for awhile and make things great again. I guess that may be asking too much...but is anything too much for the Lord?

Well, so much for my rambling of today.. Have a great one and remember...He is the same, yesterday, today and forever!!!