MIND OF TRUTH

How many of us don't like talking about prayer? We ask and ask and it often feels like God doesn't hear us and there are no answers. I know I feel that way. Why still pray then? For me, I chose to focus on the fact that prayer is conversation with God. When I stop worrying so much about answers or the situation before me and just try to get to know God more, then things happen. Time with the Lord will change us, redirect our thoughts and our outlook on things. Focus on who he is, how much he loves you. See his authority and power, his grace and mercy, his never ending love for all of us. See him and know him in the midst of every situation, every moment of every day. He is all in all, our Lord and King who never fails. Is there anything too hard for our God, is there anyone he does not know, see, and care for? This God wants to know us and talk with us. That's what prayer is about.

Be patient with people. Too often we get focused on our own lives and deal with other people from our that point of view. Stop, take a breath and try to focus on that person for a moment. Try to see things from their perspective in order to understand them better. Be patient. Set yourself, your own thoughts, and your own desired outcomes aside for a moment while you really listen. Put that person, their needs, cares, and concerns first. Once you do this, then you can add in your own thoughts. Together, you will find the best path forward, but you must put the other first and you must be patient. Getting frustrated because that person doesn't see things your way serves no purpose. Forcing your will on others gets you no where. Rest in the fact that God is sovereign, that his mercies are new every morning, that his grace and forgiveness knows no bounds. Have faith in his Spirit to guide you and sustain you. He makes it possible for us to put others first while our own self and our id