Blessed by blogs

I have mentioned before how I have been blessed by blogs. There is a particular blog that I have kept up with for a while. It is written by a woman whose name happens to be Malinda too, and she has adopted a precious little girl. I have emailed with her, and she has been so encouraging. There have been times when I have thought "its never going to happen for us", then I would think of Malinda and her husband. They had to wait a long time too, and look what a precious gift they received. I always thought I would love to meet her some day. Well that someday happened Friday night. I was at the Beth Moore simulcast at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison, and there she was. At first I wondered if that was really her. She walked past me, and I said her name, but she must not have heard me. Then I saw her with someone I had seen on her blog so I knew it was her. It was all I could do to wait until the simulcast was over to speak to her. It was almost like meeting someone famous. I was so nervous walking up to her. When I approached her I said "Malinda?". You should have seen the look on her face. You talk about a deer in the head light look. I was afraid I had scared her to death. I explained to her that I read her blog and that we have emailed before. I was so amazed she knew who I was. It was nothing but a "God thing" that our paths crossed when they did. When I got home that night I decided to take one of the necklaces I made and give it to her for Sara Madalin, her little girl. Malinda posted on her blog today about our meeting, and she has a picture of Sara Madalin wearing the necklace. This was such a wonderful meeting, and it meant so much to me for her to blog about it. Please take a minute to check out her post for today.
http://agiftworththewait.blogspot.com/2009/08/lets-delight-ourselves-in-lord.html If you want an additional blessing, look up her adoption testimony and watch the video. Let me tell you now, you better go ahead and get a tissue. It is such a sweet video, and they were able to capture moments that most adoptive parents never get to see.

Keep on Praying

Last month during the revival, I prayed telling God I want to make him first in my life. My hope of getting a baby has been first for a long time. In my mind I was giving it to God. Then Bro. Tony tells me that when I was saved he had a vision me and Eric up in front of the church with a baby. Well, that just brought it all back to the top again. I have really been struggling with how to handle this. In my mind if I give it to God, I am not to pray about it anymore. He has it and he is taking care of it. I feel like if I have given something to him, and I continue to pray for it, I haven’t fully given it to him. This may not be how we are supposed to view giving something to God, but that is just how I feel. My mama is the person I always go to with spiritual questions. I finally asked her about this Monday night, and she didn’t know how to answer the question of whether or not we are to keep praying for something if we have given it to God. I told her there is a scripture that I wanted to find. All I could think was that it said “keep on praying”. Tuesday she and I both were searching for this scripture. We found several that were similar, but not the one I was thinking of. Last night when I sat down with my bible, I just opened it and started reading, I turned the page, and there it was….Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 Then when I went to bed, the book I’m reading had a reference back to that same exact same scripture. An email was forwarded to me from someone who has a scripture at the bottom of her emails…Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6
OK God, I hear you….KEEP ON PRAYING!!!!!!!!!!!