glory to god

wow..... i can truly testify to god's goodness and faithfulness -- a miracle has happened tonight. miracles happen all the time, but sometimes it takes a big one to remind us of that. so a miracle happened tonight....

went to prayer meeting at church tonight where we started sharing various prayer requests.... about 1/2 hour into the meeting, maggie's phone rang and she suddenly jumped up, saying that a little boy from our church had drowned..... she rushed off to the hospital along with our pastor, leaving us to pray and ask god for a miracle. as we sat together with council members who were meeting in an adjacent room, we prayed and asked for god to work according his will..... i read psalm 121 and as we were praying, 2. kings, came to my mind and i started reading aloud about elisha and the shunamite woman whose son died. elisha laid on the child, eye to eye, mouth to mouth, hand to hand... and the boys body became warm again.... as elisha tells the mother to take her son, she fell to ground and worshipped god.... we asked god for that kind of a miracle and we got it!!! a few minutes later, the pastor burst into the room sharing that "all was well".... he came back to!!! praise god for his goodness.... may this little boy be a testimony and a witness to god's faithfulness and goodness.... the glory goes to god. may this little boy know this story so that he can give god the glory for the rest of his life!

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i was incredibly blessed to talk and pray with a spiritual mother/mentor to me after the prayer meeting.... i am so thankful that god has put this woman into my life. thank you, maggie, for loving me the way you do.

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on my way to prayer meeting, i thought this tonight:

"if god were a fly on the wall, would he be pleased with my words and actions towards my husband? if he were in the room, how would he respond to my self-righteousness and my justifications? would he approve of my thoughts and stubborness? would he say, "right on!" or "way off"???"

and then i had to remind myself..... "oh yeah.... god is everywhere.... he doesn't need to come in the form of a fly"

i was very humbled to remember that in the midst of the thick of it, god is present and can see and hear what i say. time to eat humble pie.....