Splash the Puddles

I'm reminded today of how God attends to the seemingly small details of our lives.  He so cares about the desires of our heart.  He is so eager to show us just how much he cares, we need only ask. This morning in the shower, I prayed a simple prayer for reassurance in a particular area.  I don't remember the exact words I spoke to the Lord, but it went something like this.  "God, I just need a little something, a little extra reassurance in this area today.  And if you don't want me to have that, then please just help me to move on, and to find You enough to fill all the areas of my heart-this one in particular.  Just tend to my heart in this area today, so that you receive glory."  This was around 7:45 this morning.  Before 10:00, I had my reassurance.  It came in the simple form of a text message.  An unknowing person, who responded to what they probably didn't even know was a prompting from the Holy Spirit, who was at work, b...

"Lord help me to pray..." Those words I uttered just a week or so ago, an attempt to reacquaint myself with a blessing of being a follower of Jesus that I so love.  Prayer. I believe in the power of prayer because I've seen God work as a result of it.  I've seen Him move mountains and make the impossible happen.  I've seen Him heal, restore, provide and close doors through prayer.  I've seen Him bring my faith and the faith of others to life, as a result of honest and unrestrained conversation with Him. I also believe in the importance and necessity of Christians praying to bring glory to the Lord.  I've felt a disconnect lately, and I realized recently that at some point I'd begun to pray less.  Sure, I still had my scheduled prayer times.  Mealtimes, bedtimes, church times, frustrated times, fearful times.  But, somewhere along the way, and I'm not even sure when, my habit of constantly conversing with Him all throughout my day a...