I choose to see answers to prayer as miracles. When I ask God for something I must be patient to see the results of that request. God always answers, but sometimes the answer is, of course, “no.”
When I see God moving and helping me (as I’ve prayed for) in my life I am thrilled, and I see spiritual intervention as miraculous. Every time.
As I have written before, my challenges usually involve major house repairs. I love my old house, built by my uncle decades ago. He has long passed on to glory. I love living in the beautiful countryside, where I grew up.
I was thrilled to buy this house, a foreclosure, ten years ago, with my husband.
I see God’s hand in it completely, as the tragedies and traumas of the past five years unfolded, and I am so happy to be close to my mom as we have seen this time through.
Not to beat this theme to death—but it is my concern for the past three years(!!!) —-I must daily trust the Lord for the repairs that must take place.
I dedicated this house to the Lord with my husband back in 2015. This is HIS house. Each repair and maintenance issue is HIS issue.
And I’ve watched Him help me.
A widow with little ability to know what to do about home repair has survived and seen God work things out.
There have been setbacks. Many. But God is still good and answering my prayers. He has His own purposes in those setbacks!
There are days when I think that the Lord is returning to catch us up soon, why fix anything?
But that is not good stewardship. We must do the right thing and responsible thing UNTIL He appears!
So today I am grateful for a new furnace, new gutters (that have significantly helped the water in the basement issue!—though water still seeps in with the heavy rain we’ve had). The old A/C has been replaced. It hadn’t worked for three years. The new one is humming along in this July heat and smoke from the Canadian forest fires.
I am so grateful to God for this blessing.
The furnace is a must in Minnesota. My old one was iffy and not up to code. I’m so grateful about the new one for upcoming winter months.
Cheri is supposed to return in a couple of weeks.
Being tied down this summer (pets and other responsibilities) has had its benefits. I’ve focused on getting projects done, planning, and PRAYER.
And God is working miracles.
My family fractures are healing. God is taking care of me. One day at a time.
God is GOOD, all the time.
MARANATHA!!!