The Lord Remembers

    I have been doing a Beth Moore Bible study called "A Woman's Heart God's Dwelling Place" this summer with some of my friends. I was behind on the daily lessons and exhausted from camp and was not expecting to get much out of tonight. I was wrong. Beth talked a lot about prayer tonight. Sometimes I forget how powerful it is. Every aspect of our lives is impacted by prayer. One thing that she said that I loved was "how differently would we pray if we prayed like God was listening?" That is so true. So often I pray and just hope that God heard me. Thanks to Jesus, all of my prayers are heard by God. He hears it all! He answers them all! Therefore, they are powerful.
    This Bible study is about the Old Testament tabernacle. In the tabernacle, prayers are represented by a continuously burning incense that resides just outside the Holy of Holies. Beth pointed out that the only thing separating them from God is a thin veil of the natural world. He is just on the other side!
     Lately, I have been feeling like my prayers are being unheard. Countless times I have cried out "God, can you hear me?" I have been so angry, thinking that it is so unfair that somethings come so easy to others and I am struggling so much. This is exactly what Beth talked about tonight. I needed it so much. I have literally spent this whole semester angry and  questioning God because of this. She had some very comforting words to offer through the story of Zechariah (which means the Lord remembers) and Elizabeth (check out Luke 1 for the story). "When something that comes easy to others but not us, maybe you were picked out, chosen to see the supernatural glory of God. Blessed are you when what to everyone comes naturally comes to you supernaturally." Amen Beth Amen! I have spent so much time worrying and complaining about things others have naturally that I don't and others do easily but I can't. To God be the glory. His blessings will come in his time, a time that will bring him all of the glory.

I can't wait to do a full update of what God taught me in China. I am still processing a lot of stuff. It is coming soon. I promise!