Waking Up Me!

I remember being at my first singles group meeting on January 8th of this year, and a woman name Joyce shared with us what praising God had done for her. Learning to praise Him even in the most difficult of times, circumstances and disappointments was how she found her way back into His arms. That idea was foreign to me. I praise Him when the good happens, when He comes to mind, but I don't seek after Him in praise just because... A friend whom I deeply care about just told me that she feels forsaken by God. My h ea rt aches and breaks for her. As soon as we hung up the phone, I sought out Daddy and cried out for her. To know she is not forsaken. To know that she is Beloved of God. To know that her verse of Jeremiah 29:11 is not a lie for our Daddy is a PROMISE KEEPER! As I turned around to sit on the side of my bed, I saw the binding of a book I'd bought long ago and never read called, "The Prayer That Changes Everything"  by Stormie Omartian.   What changes ever...