Answered Prayers

Good Morning!  I woke up to another beautiful day here in Savannah!  The birds are singing, the flowers are all starting to bloom and I am ushered into the presence of the Creator of it all!  I received some great news today and it is an answer to the prayers of many.

A good friend of mine has just gotten the results from her P.E.T scan and she is now CANCER FREE !!!!!
She has walked through the fire of these circumstances,  all the while clinging to the Father and now is rejoicing in what He has done!  As am I.

I love when I get to see the answers to my prayers!  It lifts my soul in a way that I cannot describe.  I don't know why, but I am always so pleasantly surprised by it.  Maybe its the timing of it that surprises me--when you least expect it. Or, maybe its the way the news comes to me (this morning it was facebook!), either way, I feel as though the world makes just a little bit more sense.

Ps. 116 says,  "I love the Lord because He has heard and now hears my voice and supplications.  Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live".   I remember several years ago, I had been praying and seeking the Lord for a very long time in regard to a certain matter, and when the answer came, even though it was not the answer I had hoped for, I was so delighted that He heard me,  I wrote a song about it!    There is something so very special about knowing that the God who created the entire universe is so mindful of me, that He listens to my requests and it actually moves Him.  He is pleased when I cry out to Him.  He desires it.  He longs to show Himself to us.  When I really take the time to think on that, it blows me away.   I can barely comprehend it.

David, in the Psalm above, is blown away too.  I love the fact that in alot of his Psalms, he talks to himself! (Admittedly,  I do that alot too.)  He says "Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you."  He then goes on and asks, "what shall I render to the Lord for all of His benefits toward me?  How can I repay Him for all His bountiful dealings?     This is a full blown conversation with himself!   He knows God.    He knows God's desire is to be in communion with His people.  He knows the first Commandment:  so he answers himself saying "I will offer you the sacrifice of praise and I will call upon the name of the Lord."   

So too, today and everyday, I will offer the sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving and I will continue to call upon the name of the Lord!!