I didn't always believe that prayers could be answered. I went through the daily and nightly ritual of offering up a few words. I didn't really think about what I was saying, just doing it because your suppose to and you feel like you have to.
I have come to realize that prayer is the most power tool we have in our possession. It can bring such knowledge, peace, hope, direction, help and comfort to our mind and heart. It helps so much on the long road to get to know Jesus Christ and our self. I've learned that it is much better to have a dialogue with God instead of a monologue........ if I spend time in letting him know I am thankful for all the blessings that he has given and also letting him know of my needs and wants, it is much easier to see his answers in the various situations that arise in my life.
PRAYER IS POWER. Praying does more than just give us rest when we are weary. It gives us comfort no matter what circumstances we are going through in our lives.
We all need to learn to endure. Everyone always sees the word endure and it begins to take on a negative connotation. But enduring us really just the will to move forward with conviction and purpose under whatever circumstances we might be facing in our life.
I have found in my life we will always need comfort. I believe that is why God has given us the Holy Ghost. He knew that at all times every human would need to feel that constant comforter. What exactly is comfort? Is it the hugs and words of encouragement we get from friends and loved ones when we are going through sad times? I believe it is that and more. It is also the help and support we get in all walks and times of life. Comfort gives us a chance to share solace, consolation, and freedom from pain, want, or any other affliction we or our friends may be facing. It helps each of us steady our course in life when the unwanted and unexplained seems to surface and shackle us.
Probably the most important thing I learned from my injury and getting around it [ I am still trying to get through it} is perspective. I liked to get angry at my former employer and God and blame them for everything rotten that was going on in my life. My Hubby, the wonderful man that he is, would patiently explain{and lecture} about the need for me to understand that I had all the control over the situation. By getting angry and pissed off I was giving the employer and the injury all the control. It took awhile for it all to sink in but I finally realized he was right. I control whether or not I was happy or mad. I had the power and when I did the other I was just handing it over to others to decide how my life was going to go.
Facing life one day at a time is a challenge. I have a choice to make: either I can go through this life being happy, knowing that God knows my needs, or I can be miserable, by shutting him and his influence out of my life. I have found that for me; with my faith, my family, and my friends I can find my way to make the journey a much happier one. I can draw from them the strength I need to do whatever is expected of me. Without them I fail.
Comfort is a process. It comes by the hour, the day, the week, and the month. Comfort results from carrying on, not nursing wounds and Prayer is the means to comfort the soul under all circumstances.
Even with the best laid plans and good intentions, challenges and trials are bound to come into every life. When they do, let us not ask, Why did this happen to me? Rather, let us replace that question of despair with: What does this situation require of me?
"A Psalm of Life" states:
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way;
But to Act that each tomorrow
Finds us further than today.
I have come to realize that prayer is the most power tool we have in our possession. It can bring such knowledge, peace, hope, direction, help and comfort to our mind and heart. It helps so much on the long road to get to know Jesus Christ and our self. I've learned that it is much better to have a dialogue with God instead of a monologue........ if I spend time in letting him know I am thankful for all the blessings that he has given and also letting him know of my needs and wants, it is much easier to see his answers in the various situations that arise in my life.
PRAYER IS POWER. Praying does more than just give us rest when we are weary. It gives us comfort no matter what circumstances we are going through in our lives.
We all need to learn to endure. Everyone always sees the word endure and it begins to take on a negative connotation. But enduring us really just the will to move forward with conviction and purpose under whatever circumstances we might be facing in our life.
I have found in my life we will always need comfort. I believe that is why God has given us the Holy Ghost. He knew that at all times every human would need to feel that constant comforter. What exactly is comfort? Is it the hugs and words of encouragement we get from friends and loved ones when we are going through sad times? I believe it is that and more. It is also the help and support we get in all walks and times of life. Comfort gives us a chance to share solace, consolation, and freedom from pain, want, or any other affliction we or our friends may be facing. It helps each of us steady our course in life when the unwanted and unexplained seems to surface and shackle us.
Probably the most important thing I learned from my injury and getting around it [ I am still trying to get through it} is perspective. I liked to get angry at my former employer and God and blame them for everything rotten that was going on in my life. My Hubby, the wonderful man that he is, would patiently explain{and lecture} about the need for me to understand that I had all the control over the situation. By getting angry and pissed off I was giving the employer and the injury all the control. It took awhile for it all to sink in but I finally realized he was right. I control whether or not I was happy or mad. I had the power and when I did the other I was just handing it over to others to decide how my life was going to go.
Facing life one day at a time is a challenge. I have a choice to make: either I can go through this life being happy, knowing that God knows my needs, or I can be miserable, by shutting him and his influence out of my life. I have found that for me; with my faith, my family, and my friends I can find my way to make the journey a much happier one. I can draw from them the strength I need to do whatever is expected of me. Without them I fail.
Comfort is a process. It comes by the hour, the day, the week, and the month. Comfort results from carrying on, not nursing wounds and Prayer is the means to comfort the soul under all circumstances.
Even with the best laid plans and good intentions, challenges and trials are bound to come into every life. When they do, let us not ask, Why did this happen to me? Rather, let us replace that question of despair with: What does this situation require of me?
"A Psalm of Life" states:
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way;
But to Act that each tomorrow
Finds us further than today.
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