Be Careful For What You Pray!

O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do. Now that I am old and gray, do not abondon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me. Psalm 71:17-18

Loving and making Psalm 71:17-18 my life verse, I decided several weeks ago that I needed to start praying more indepth for my grandchildren. Not that I had not prayed for them before, but I needed to be more purposeful about it. I prayed for immediate needs but also their future needs. I prayed that they would know the Lord and do His will always.

I few weeks ago my grandaughter Catherine Grace was called to be a missionary in Ecuador for over two years. Yikes! Did I pray for that? Yes, I prayed that my grandchildren do the Lord's will but forgot to mention I wanted it to happen close to home. What would we do without our sweet Cati? It all sounded good for someone elses grandaughter but not mine. Being the fair minded woman that I am I decided to pray the ole “open door” prayers. You know the one. Lord, open doors if it is your will but close them if it isn't. Only my prayers went something like, “open doors if it is your will (which I am sure it's not) but close doors if it isn't your will”. But still the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach persisted!

I even took it upon myself to spread my wisdom and tell Cati of my lingering doubts in a message. I let her know that if she didn't feel peace she could call this whole thing off! She answered me back with “I feel at peace and know that this is what God wants me to do”! She ended her message with “I love you, Mama”

Now, what's a girl to do? I started to pray in a whole new way! I praised God for the opened doors and for the dedication of my dear grandaughter. And finally I felt peace! Will I bawl my eyes out when she leave? Certainly! Will I miss her like crazy? Oh, yeah! Do I know that Cati is in the will of God? Yes! Thank you, God for the answers to my prayers for my sweet Catherine!

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct I love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

Te Amo Cati!