Trusting...

Remember when you were about 5 or 6 years old? If you were fortunate enough to have a family that believed in God and went to church as mine did, you knew who God was. You could feel Him. Your head was not full of religious ideas or rules that needed to be obeyed before you thought God would hear you. My grandmother was a beautiful woman of God. She prayed without seizing and if there was ever any doubt, she never allowed me to see that. She just prayed and expected, and her prayers I think were always answered.

I can remember saying my prayers, asking God for what I wanted and trusting that it would be done. It was so simple. We make it so hard to hear from God.

I am blessed in my life to have returned to the trusting of a child and allow God to work in my life. I visited three different churches this week all with different ideologies and views. They were all interesting and filled with information. But guess what? I found God there in every church I entered, for God is not a God looking for a church, he is looking for the one trusting and believing. He will find you, no matter where you are praying or asking for his guidance.

So today I am thankful as Thanksgiving day approaches that I have God in my life. I thank him for my health, family, grandchildren and my friends. I am thankful that God gave me a second chance at life. I remain thankful everyday. I am thankful for a bed to sleep in and to have food on my table. And I will continue to pray for those less fortunate and reach out and extend a hand. Whether you give of your time or help someone financially...Be a blessing and God will bless you.

I am a recreated being. Old things have passed away, and all things have become new. (2 Cor. 5:17 NKJV)