I Said A Prayer For You Today

[Guest guest]

I said a prayer for you today and know God must have heard; I felt the

answer in my heart although he spoke not a word.

 

I didn't ask for wealth or fame...

(I knew you would not mind), I asked for priceless treasures of a more

lasting kind.

 

I prayed that He'd be near you at the start of each new day, to grant

you health and blessings fair, and friends to share your way.

 

I asked for happiness for you in all things great and small, but that

you'd know His loving care I prayed the most of all.

 

Does God still speak to people?

 

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had

shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young

man couldn't help but wonder, " Does God still speak to people? " After

service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they

discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had

led them in different ways. It was about ten o'clock when the young

man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray,

" God.. If you will listen. I will do my best to obey. "

 

As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest

thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk.He shook his head an said out

loud, " God is that you? " He didn't get a reply an started on toward

home. But again the thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. The

young man though about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of

God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. " Okay, God, in case that is

you, I will buy the milk. " It didn't seem like too hard a test of

obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the

gallon of milk and started of toward home. As he passed Seventh

Street, he again felt the urge, " Turn down that street. " This is crazy

he thought and drove on past the intersection. Again, he felt that he

should turn down Seventh Street At the next intersection, he turned

back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud, " Okay,

God, I will " . He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he

should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a

semi-commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the

worst of neighborhoods either.

 

The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the

people of the houses were already in bed. Again, he sensed something,

" Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street. "

The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the

people were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat

back in the car seat. " Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep

and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look

stupid. " Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk.

 

Finally, he opened the door, " Okay God, if this is you, I will go to

the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a

crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for

something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here. " He

walked across the street and rant the bell. He could hear so noise

inside. A man's voice yelled out, " Who is it? What do you want? "

Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was

standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got

out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too

happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.

 

" What is it? " The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, " Here, I

brought this to you. " The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway

speaking loudly in Spanish. Then from done the hall came a woman

carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her

holding a baby. The baby was crying.

 

The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and

half crying, " We were just praying. We had some big bills this month

and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was

just praying and asking God to show me. How to get some milk. " His

wife in the kitchen yelled out, " I ask him to send an Angel with some.

Are you an Angel? "

 

The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he

had on him and put it in the man's hand. He turned and walked back

toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew

that God still answers prayers.

 

Why God made little girls...

 

God made the world with its towering trees

Majestic mountains and restless seas

Then paused and said,

" It needs one more thing

Someone to laugh and dance and sing

To walk in the woods and gather flowers

To commune with nature in quiet hours. "

So God made little girls

With laughing eyes and bouncing curls

With joyful hearts and infectious smiles

Enchanting ways and feminine wiles,

And when He'd completed the task He'd begun,

He was pleased and proud of the job He'd done

For the world when seen through a little girl's eyes

Greatly resembles Paradise

 

Why God created little boys..

 

God made a world out of his dreams,

Of wondrous mountains, oceans and streams,

Prairies and plains and wooded land,

Then paused and thought,

" I need someone to stand on top of the mountains

To conquer the seas, explore the plains and

Climb the trees, someone to start small and grow,

Sturdy, strong like a tree and so...

He created boys, full of spirit and fun,

To explore and conquer, to romp and run,

With dirty faces, banged up chins

With courageous hearts and boyish grins. "

When He had completed the task He'd begun,

He surely said, " That's a job well done. "

 

Stay happy,peaceful ann blessed