Where, oh where has that little shoe gone...

Last summer, Stephen lost one of his shoes. We looked everwhere, for several weeks. Good thing it was summer as he had to wear flip-flops every day. Finally at the end of myself, I sat down and asked God to show me where the shoe was. I asked for forgivess for not coming to him sooner and trying to find it in my own strength. Then I waited and listened.

With my eyes closed, all I saw was black. Then I realized He was trying to tell me the shoe was some place dark - "Oh, it's in a dark place? And it's under something? I can't quite see it yet, please make it more clear. Is that my chair? Is it under my chair?"

And I got up and looked under the recliner in my bedroom, and there it was! I don't know how we missed that in all those weeks of looking, but I do know that if I had asked Him first, and waited for His direction, it would have saved a lot of time and frustration.

Needle in a haystack

One day my boys and I were at a park with friends for a play-date. They had their bikes with them and rode all over the park. At one point they decided to play football with their helmets, and various other creative activities. They were generally all over a large part of this park.

After about an hour an a half, my youngest brings me his helmet, very distraught that one side of the little clip on the chin strap was missing from his helmet. Without the clip the helmet was no longer useful as it could not be strapped on. Since it was getting close to time to leave, I decided to take a look and see if I could find it.

I started walking and praying. "Lord, you know where this clip is. You know that Stephen can't wear the helmet without it. So what's the plan? Do you want him to not have a helmet for now? Do you want us to purchase another one? That's not in the budget at this time, but if that's what you want, I'll trust you for the money. Or do you want to show me where the clip is? Hear I am Lord - I'm listening."

And I kept listening and walking. First over in the large grassy area, then down the path a ways. Walking, listening and calmly, expectantly, scanning the ground as I went. I'm guessing about 15-20 mins went by. Then I came to a dirt area with a few trees in it. As I approached the first tree I heard a voice in my left ear say "Behind the tree". I said, "Oh, behind this tree?" and walked around to the back of the tree. There it was.

I was very greatful and thanked Him for showing me where it was. And Stephen thanked him too!

Introduction

A few months ago, someone I love told me prayer doesn't work. If I remember correctly, his exact words were "nothing fails like prayer". This broke my heart because I know it's not true. Since then, I've been keeping track of all the answered prayers and conversations with God that I've experienced. But there have been so many, that my head is overflowing and I'm beginning to forget them. So I'm starting this blog as a place to record such things. Hopefully others will be encouraged and inspired, and also send stories of their answered prayers and conversations with God.

For today, I'll just start with the most recent event. A few weeks ago, after reconciling the books for our IT business, it was clear that we needed $8K dollars to come in within 5 days in order to make all our payables on time. In this economy, AR has been pretty low, and some have been stretching past the due dates - something that rarely happened in the past. So it was highly probable that this amount would not be forth coming. But confidently and expectantly I asked the Lord for $8K by Wed. He was faithful and provided what I asked for.

After processing the payments and all the new payables, it was clear we now needed $10K for meet the current payables, plus payroll, and we need it by Friday (2 days ago). Again, He blessed us with exactly what we asked for.

I have no doubt that God answers prayers - big and small alike. I've experienced it. I count on it. Just as friends and loved ones talk every day, so can we talk with God every day.