Thank God for Praying Friends

 

The past couple weeks have been very hard for my daughter.  She has been anxious and depressed and even tearful at work.  Even an increase in her anxiety medication didn’t seem to help.  There have been many prayers lifted in her behalf.  But I have been amazed by all the calls and emails and cards of encouragement that she has received, mostly from her church friends. 

    But last night blew us away!  One of her church friends invited her to go out for supper — but Sara didn’t know that a whole crowd of her friends would be there.  Not only were the tables full, but several brought cards and gifts of encouragement — even Reese Cups, her favorite.  She had the biggest smile we have seen in several weeks.

     After the meal, we went outside the restaurant and each lady prayed for Sara and for our church — prayer meeting on the sidewalk!  It lifted Sara’s spirits so much!  She said it was the BEST day — she really felt the love from all those precious ladies. 

     It was such a blessing to this momma’s heart to hear all those prayers for my sweet daughter.  She is much better — no more tears this week — and we are both so thankful for praying friends.  

Share the Good News!

  I was checking out the 50% off Valentine candy aisle at Walmart today — the day after Valentine’s Day — when a random guy started talking to me. He said the candy reminded him of the day he was adopted. He said his new parents took him to the store after they left the courthouse and bought him 7 sets of clothes — then they went to the drug store and bought him a bag of candy.  He said that he would never forget that day and he gave the credit to Christ for changing his life. I was so touched by that testimony in the candy aisle and I thanked him for sharing that with me.

Then I was checking Facebook and saw a testimony from a friend that I met thru Disaster Relief. He was praising God for 9 years of being sober — freed from addiction to drugs and alcohol — and gave all the credit to Christ. He is now working full time at one of the Baptist rebuild centers.

These men volunteered their testimony because they had been transformed by a mighty God and they weren’t afraid to share that good news.   When you have such Good News, you want to tell someone!