I have had 2 friends call me this morning and request prayer! It is so hard to see your friends struggling, you wish you could just make everything go away. I would like to request prayer for both of my friends.
Friend #1: Called today upset and crying because she started a new bible study and her husband is giving her a really hard time about church. He has a morman background and he believes that all churches are ran like a business. I tried to cheer her up and tell her satin was just attacking her and that maybe God was testing her, trying to get her back on the right path with him and where she needs to be. She hasn’t been going on a constant basis with her kids and now that she is trying so hard to get back on the right path it is putting a strain on their marriage. he says he is saved but thinks he can do everything he needs to do at home. basically wants to be called saved with “priviledges” or “exceptions” to Gods will. Please preay that God will give her the wisdom and the words on how to talk to her husband and the strength to carry on and not give up!
Friend #2 about 10 mins after friend #1 hung up , friend #2 called and told me her cousin found his 14 year old son in the closet and he had hung himself. He managed to revive him and he was in a coma.Now he is on life support and if there is no brain activity then they will have to take him off. Please pray for this family, it looks like there were struggles in the home and all 4 kids were living with dad after a divorce a couple of months ago. I can’t imagine what they are going through right now!!!!
One thing that stood out to me is I must be doing something right for them to think of me and call and ask me to pray for them. With everything I have been going through its nice to know that the struggles I have been going through to stay on the right path with God no matter what satan throws my way is finally paying off.Sometimes I feel I am so hard on myself that I do sometimes wonder if I am doing everything I am supposed to do to let my light shine. Its great that God can use things like this to bring you up even though tragedy is involved. God some how manages to let a little ray of light shine through!
Food For Thought!!!!! :
My question to you? How does your LIGHT shine? How bright is it? Do you have a story to share or struggle you need prayer about?
You are shining brightly for friends to call. What a great source of strength you were to them. What difficult situations to deal with. I said a prayer for both of them.
I wonder too how brightly my light shines. Is what I’m doing enough? Does it really matter? I believe it does, but we need reminders sometimes.
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God is good. All the time.