God Answers Prayers

Remember how I watched Evan Almighty with Justice? Well one of my other favorite quotes was when God is talking to Evan's wife..."Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?"

Well, as some of you know, I have had a pretty rough S.A.D. Winter (self-diagnosed). I have been praying for help to know that I am not alone and to know that God knows I am struggling. It always amazes me how answers come in all different ways. I do know God lives. I know that without the struggles we wouldn't know the joy. I do know that He knows me and loves me! I do, I really, really do. It's just nice to hear it sometimes. This time- His reassurance came in a couple of songs from my favorite radio station that I heard almost everytime I got into the car this week. Do they really play these 2 songs ALL the time? OR were they just for me this week? I guess it's how you choose to see it! ;) Hope you enjoy what God told me this week and feel it for yourself as well:

Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning

Who told the ocean you an only come this far?

Who showed the moon where to hide 'til evening

Whose words alone can catch a falling star?

Well I know my Redeemer lives

I know my Redeemer lives

All of creation testify

This life within me cries

I know my Redeemer lives

The very same God that spins things in orbit

He runs to the weary, the worn and the weak

And the same gentle hands that hold me when I'm broken

They conquered death to bring me victory

Now I know my Redeemer lives

I know my Redeemer lives

Let all creation testify

Let this life within me cry

I know my Redeemer, He lives

To take away my shame

And He lives forever I'll proclaim

That the payment for my sin

Was the precious life He gave

But now He's alive

And there's an empty grave.

And I know my Redeemer, He lives

I know my Redeemer lives

Let all creation testify

This life within me cries

I know my Redeemer lives

Nicole C. Mullen \ Redeemer

AND

He cries in the corner where nobody sees

He’s the kid with the story no one would believe

He prays every night “Dear God won’t you please...

Could you send someone here who will love me?”

Who will love me for me

Not for what I have done or what I will become

Who will love me for me

‘Cause nobody has shown me what love

What love really means what love really means

Her office is shrinking a little each day

She’s the woman whose husband has run away

She’ll go to the gym after working today

Maybe if she was thinner then he would’ve stayed

And she says…

Who *will* love me for me?

Not for what I have done or what I will become

Who will love me for me?

‘Cause nobody has shown me what love

What love really means what love really means

He’s waiting to die as he sits all alone

He’s a man in a cell who regrets what he’s done

He utters a cry from the depths of his soul

“Oh Lord, forgive me. I want to go home”

Then he heard a voice somewhere deep inside

And it said “I know you’ve murdered

And I know you’ve lied

And I've watched you suffer all of your life

And now that you’ll listen I’ll, I'll tell you that I...”

I will love you for you

Not for what you have done or what you will become

I will love you for you

I will give you the love, the love that you never knew

I will love you for you

Not for what you have done or what you will become

I will love you for you

I will give you the love, the love that you never knew

JJ Heller - What Love Really Means

How did God answer your Prayers today?