When God Calls You to Pray... Do it!

Have you ever randomly, out of the clear blue, thought of a person you haven't seen in years? This happened to me about 3 months ago. One of the cutest young girls in my youth group came to mind. She was 4 or 5 years younger than me. I couldn't stop thinking about her so I started praying for her. I began to ask around and discovered she left home and was struggling with a drug addiction. Noone knew where she was. When I heard this, I prayed even more. I cried tears for her and begged God for his mercy on her life. It was a prayer obsession. Why could I not stop thinking about her?

In God's great plan, 4 months after I began praying, he allowed me to have contact with this sweet girl. I realized at the time I was on my knees begging God to free her from her addictions, she was trying to get clean.

I learned a very valuable lesson from this experience. When God calls you to pray for someone, do it! You don't know their struggles, fears, pain, or addictions! But...when a random old acquaintence pops into your mind, pop down on your knees, and pray! Wouldn't it be great to know someone was doing the same thing for you?

Remember the four friends who brought the lame man to Jesus on the mat? They couldn't get the man inside where Jesus was teaching so they climbed on the roof and lowered him to Jesus. Because of their faith, Jesus healed and saved the lame man.

When we pray for our friends, we are like those four guys. We may not physically be able to take our friends to Jesus on a mat, but we can escort them into his loving presence through prayer. So... the next time a name crosses your mind, stop right then and escort a friend into the amazing love, forgiveness, and power of Jesus through prayer.

Is Anyone Else Losing Their Mind?

I think I am losing my mind. Tonight while driving home, I turned my right blinker on at a stop sign (which I called a stop light) that only has a left turn and I was going straight. I asked my daughter to turn off the TV which really was the computer. I called a burgular, a policeman and stood in the kitchen for 5 minutes wondering why I was there.

Am I alone in this? Are there other people out there who struggle with these same issues? I pause for at least 10 seconds trying to remember words and am so grateful for my children who fill in the missing blanks. My husband continually waits patiently for me to determine what I'm trying to say. At random times I accidentally say what I am thinking outloud. The only problem is I only say two or three words of the whole thought so that it makes absolutely no sense. For example, I am sitting her typing while my hubby lays next to me in bed watching TV and all of a sudden I say, "I'm not sleeping." And he says, "What?" like...duh, you aren't sleeping, you are typing on your laptop. He's thinking "Where in the world did that come from?" but because he's used to it, he just smiles, realizing I'm talking about who knows what, and says, "Okay."

What's a woman to do? So I google, "What to do when you are loosing your mind," and find an article called "Am I Loosing My Mind, What to do about fuzzy thinking." I was a little relieved to know this is simply a case of fuzzy thinking, nothing too serious and is probably just a temporary state of mental deterioration. I figure if everyone else who lives and deals with me on a regular basis can survive, then possibly this slight case of fuzzy thinking might pass. Until then, if you see me, don't bet on anything I say, be patient in case it takes awhile, and if you know what I'm trying to say, please just appease me and act like I said it correctly.
And until the mind returns to proper functioning order and the thinking clears up, hears to lots of laughter, because it's like living with the one who flew over the coo-coos nest around here!

I guess this gives a whole new meaning to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind!" I"m hoping He is satisfied with all I have functioning at the present moment.