I began asking more just this week. It was something simple like God leading me to the right devotional page to share with my friend who was in the midst of losing her dad to cancer. The date of February 11 popped into my head so I looked it up. At first I thought that I should send the corresponding date and then I realized that I had just asked, God answered and then I doubted.
So not only is it difficult to ask, I realized I also have a tough time receiving. Why is this true? Is it true for you? I am guessing that in our human nature the root of "letting go" is about control. Maybe it is hard to realize that God cares about the smallest details of my life. Either way when I recount just how God has moved this week, I realize that it has to be His divine intervention and not my own doing.
So I reflect and I realize that this is the key to any change behavior- positive reinforcement! So here are my recent asks and here are my recent answers.
1) A changed heart so that I would know what to ask for.
2) Encouragement so that I would continue to write - just yesterday a gal from my small group shared that my posts were an inspiration to her
3) I prayed that God would help my business grow. Just this morning I received a text from a friend who is a doctor in the area and he had reached out to the CEO of the hospital, on my behalf, about the potential of serving as a counselor.
4) A colleague of my husbands reached out to offer me help on connecting with others in the area and she has offered to meet with me about my business start up
5) I walked in to Catholic Human Services and asked if they had area pastor resources and she printed out a page of 100's of contact addresses, names and phone numbers
6) I am following God's lead on working with the disabled and I was asked to meet for lunch with my niece and her colleague who sit on the disability network board.
7) The perfect devotional
Ask and you shall receive!
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