All my life i have been skeptical of the power of prayer. I mean, God’s going to do what he’s going to do – or not do… what good is my tiny little ignorant plea going to do – seriously.  But the Bible insists that there is power in prayer, so foruntately i never gave up on it.

A while back, a friend, and absolute woman of God, felt to come find me in the middle of church to pray with me about my faith in prayer. Bit by bit, from that point, my faith in prayer has grown exponentially.

Little things, but still very significant things happened. I will share a few:

Aria had been having the same nightmare about 4 times a week for a few weeks.  I requested prayer for her in my mommy prayer group. She never had one after that.

I had been praying for a friend of ours to find Christ. He was not religious in the least and one did not grow up in a church and really had no feelings toward religion. Only about 6 months after we started praying for him, he and his wife accepted a Bible fromus and came to church with us. The very next week they found a church of their own! They got involved with a small group at their church and just recently, he was baptized. Dude. Not a coincidence.

Just two weekends ago, i was in the mountains at a women’s retreat. We wanted to go to town and the card wouldn’t start. ugh. So we tried to jump it – we did everything right – we even let it charge for about 10 minutes, to no avail. Finally we prayed about it! Silly, right? Well, after the prayer, the card didn’t start and we were bummed big time. We unhooked the cords and just for fun, she tried the card again and it started. AFTER the cords had been unhooked. Just one second before with the card hooked up, it wouldnt start. It was like God was saying, “I need no cords to start this car!” It was a fun experience.

These are just a few examples. I love knowing now that God really truly does hear and care about our prayers! How amazing is that?! I am so glad to be where I am now. I have an amazing family, a growing love for God that I have never known before, amazing friends to keep me grow in my faith, and a bright future ahead.

God is good. I often wonder to tears why He chose ME to bless like this. It doesn’t seem fair. I am amazed and just so grateful.