Answered Prayer

I volunteer Tuesdays and Thursdays at a Pregnancy Crisis Center that is sponsored by my church and other independent, fundamental Baptist churches in the area. www.assurancewomenscenter.org

Joyce, Diane and I went to the board meeting room to pray for certain requests and for the Center just before 11 o'clock. The phone rang twice when we were about to get started. Both calls were answered (yes, one was you Jo) and we settled down to pray. We spent an half hour fervently praying round table style for the few people on our list.
It was the 17 of July already and we hadn't had one client come in yet. We knew they were out there, just not coming to us.
So we prayed that God would send someone our way.
We finished praying at about 11:30 and went about the tasks that needed to be done for the day. Sorting clothes and throwing out-dated things away.
Then at 12:15 a client walks in!
She has a positive test and Joyce takes her back to the counseling room to talk.
She is 20, married and wants the baby she is carrying. She said her husband will be happy.
The best part is when Joyce asked if she wanted to have a personal relationship with Christ, her face lit up and she said yes!
Praise the Lord for answered pray!


"The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
James 5:16b

The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 1:21 was a very comforting verse to me when I lost my baby. It helped me to realize that God is always good and His way is always best.
It is so hard to realize that though, when you are about to bury your child. Right now I am listening to a beautiful rendition of Brahm's Lullaby on piano, and tears are coming to my eyes. My brother sent it to me when I had told him that I volunteer at a pregnancy crisis center and was looking for a way to touch the young hearts of those girls who are abortion-minded.

Listening to it now makes me think of a young mother whose arms are now empty. A mother who wanted her baby. Who loved her baby girl. A baby girl who is now in Heaven.
I can't describe the emptiness a mother feels when her child dies. It wakes you in the middle of the night. And months after it has happened you still will cry.
She will go home to frilly dresses and lace and bows.
She will hold these things and cry but God will be with her through it all. God is faithful and His strength is made perfect in weakness.
I will pray for this woman and think of all the women that I know who have lost a son or daughter.

Happy Birthday, Alena Ruth!

5 years ago today, I gave birth to my first daughter, Alena Ruth. She came into this world on Monday July 7, 2003, at 11:36 p.m. weighing 7 lbs 4 oz and 21 inches long. I was so thankful that I just kept saying, "Thank you, God!" over and over again.
I always ask her " Alena, do you know how much I love you?" She always answers, holding up two fingers, " Two much."
I am so thankful that God lent me this beautiful "princess".
Happy 5th Birthday, Lena!
I love you, two much.