Prayer, Purpose, Faith and the Widow

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For as far back as I can remember, God has made His presence known to me.  As a tiny child, I remember talking to Him and feeling the warmth of His touch.

My true heartfelt belief is that we are all born into this world, remembering God because we have just come from His loving arms uninhibited, innocent, and still feel His lingering, loving, and protective care which stays with us.  Small children are not worried about what others think, which enables them to speak openly about God.

I had the absolute privilege and God-given gift to get to teach a Sunday School class for two and three-year-olds. Their openness touched my heart and reinforced my memory of being so close to God as a very young child of their age.

One Sunday, after reading a Bible story to them, I asked them what they thought about God.  It still makes me feel blessed and teary-eyed as I remember what one little boy said to me.  He said, “When I was talking to God yesterday, He smiled at me, and I know He loves me.”

After quickly composing myself, I looked into his big brown eyes and told him, “Yes, God loves you very much.”

Of course, this only one example of the beautiful words from these tiny children.  Small children’s beliefs in God always remind me of the Bible verse when Jesus spoke to the disciples.

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Matthew 18: 3, “Verily, I say unto you. Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

As we grow older, our memory fades of being so close to God because of the challenges we face in life,  others having different beliefs around us, and talking about God to others may begin for some to be hard to do. Some may even lose their communication with God.

When this happens because of God’s love for us, He has given us the freedom of will, and as the perfect Father, He will step back waiting, protecting, and catching us when we fall.

What is Faith?  To me, it is believing in what you can not see but in what you feel in your heart to be a truth.  Even if our faith in God is as little as a mustard seed, His faith in us is pure, complete, and infinite.

I believe that God created us all as unique, special, one of a kind, and with a great purpose that he has for each of us in this world.

I believe God always answers our prayers.  Sometimes it isn’t an immediate answer or the answer we want but the answer that is right for our purpose.

In prayer, the hardest thing to do is to let God take our troubles as we pray, giving it totally to Him, and letting go of our worries. Not long ago, I finally learned to do this, which being a worrywart was very hard for me to do.

Now I pray and immediately thank God for His answer to my prayer, which brings me back to Faith, faith in God,  that the answer will be His will and not my will.

As a widow who suddenly lost her soulmate at forty-seven years old,  I have been asked if it made me angry with God.  The answer is “no.”  God totally blessed me with a man I loved who loved me for just being me and who also loved God as much as I do.

God has continually taken care of me and has allowed me to feel my husband’s love encircling me every day for the last twenty-one years.

A few years back, I asked God what my purpose was.  What was it that I needed to do for Him.  I was getting older and growing weary of the humdrum everyday path that somehow had overtaken my life.

That night I had a dream, and in that dream, my husband told me to look in the cedar chest.  When I finally figured out what cedar chest and where it was, I opened it to find a box that was full of letters.  These letters were written to me by my husband while he was in Vietnam in 1971.

I shared excerpts of these beautifully written letters on Facebook, and the comments from all were for them to be in a book.

I wrote the book, then extraordinary things happen. God began sending people into my life who have given unselfishly of themselves to help me get to where I am today.

God answered my prayer and has given me a purpose that I do not know the reason for and may never know, but I will do what He has asked of me.

God is real. God’s love for us all is real. Heaven is real, and Angels are among us.

 

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8 Comments

  1. You touch my heart, as you always do with your writing, Nancy.

    • Thank you so much Carmen. I am struggling to write this week of the past. My son is only 44 years old and I lost his Dad at 47. When I go to write the memories which come up are of loosing his Dad and the fear I have of loosing our only child.
      I needed to remember to let God have my worries and concerns with absolute trust knowing He has my son in His healing arms.
      God Bless You,
      Nancy

  2. Lovely as usual, Nancy. Having total, unequivocal faith is the key to life. That you have it is evident. How wonderful to have that kind of faith that sees you through all of the challenges that life throws our way. Love and prayers to you and your son, Scott. Hugs.

    • Thank you so much MaryRae. God has always been the strength that I lean on. I know that He has my son in His loving arms and has a Great Purpose for him.
      God Bless you and thank you for your love and prayers.
      Nancy

  3. This is beautiful. I have asked God what my purpose is in this life also, and keep moving ahead as I feel led by the Spirit. Keep writing, sister.

    • Thank you so much KB. He leads us on to our purpose even if we are not aware of or never know the final outcome. You are definitely on the path of your purpose.
      Thank you for reading and commenting.
      God Bless You,
      Nancy

  4. Thanks for reposting this on Facebook. An inspiration for sure.

    • Thank you, Chuck for reading. When I saw it come up as a Memory post in Facebook, I knew why, it renewed my purpose.
      God Bless You,
      Nancy

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