God is Listening
Have you ever wondered why it is that most people don't seem to have spiritual gifts? I have. I have asked Steven a hundred times, "Why me?" He always responds, "You asked". He is right, as usual, when he says that. I did ask. I asked in my own way. My thoughts asked. I remember praying. I prayed and prayed to God, making sure to include prayers for the people I loved and even those I didn't know to make sure that God knew I was not being selfish. How naive, now that I think about it. God doesn't think like that - we do. I remember praying this specific prayer, "Please help me, God. Help me. I don't know what to do. I feel lost. I don't know if I am going the right direction or if I am doing the right thing. I just don't know what to do. " I would cry myself to sleep some nights for the feeling of being so lost and alone and the silence that came after my prayers made the aloneness even worse. I knew that there had t...