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I truly hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. I was thankful then, and I am thankful now. In fact, I am thankful every single day. It is true that life can bring some challenges, but I am fully persuaded that even during the storms of life, there is still plenty to be thankful for.  I am thankful that I don't look like what I have been through! I am thankful for God's presence in my life; a husband and family that love me; my church family; friends that have stuck by me throughout the years; life; health; strength...the list goes on and on. The fact that people read what I write makes me thankful! "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name (Psalm 100:4 KJV)." Blessings and peace to you!  

God is working on me, with my cooperation. I had been praying a while about the stress and fatigue that I was experiencing. I did not like the effect that both were having on me, and I knew God had the solution to my situation.  The answer to my prayer came as I was reading about Moses in the book of Numbers. Moses was leading the people of Israel to the promised land. The people were threatening Moses and planning to go back to Egypt because of a lack of water. Moses prayed to God for answers, and God told Moses to speak to a rock and the water would flow from the rock. Instead of following God's command, Moses allowed anger and doubt to enter his heart. He hit the rock with his staff instead of speaking to it. This act of disobedience resulted in Moses not being allowed to enter into the land that God had promised.  As I read, I realized the stress and tiredness were greatly related to me taking on God's responsibility: I was frustrated because working harder and longer was ...

Is there something that you have been praying about and it seems like the answer is taking a long time? If so, read on.  What I have found in my Christian journey is God's timing is perfect. When I pray to God with circumstances and situations that need divine intervention, it is a request  for Him to step in. He already knows what is going on: prayer allows me to connect with Him and shows Him that I am humble in knowing I need Him. While I am waiting on the answer to my prayers, I keep doing my part. My part is to be obedient to His Word, be thankful, and worship Him with all my heart. When I follow this pattern, ultimately things work out. And often the results are better than I had hoped for.  Waiting is hard, especially in our "instant" world, but waiting on God's solution builds our spiritual muscles: faith, hope, endurance, peace, trust, etc. "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall...