Ever get a feeling that someone is praying for you by name?...only to find out later that someone was praying for you at the very moment you had that feeling.

Ever get a feeling that God is working on something big for your life?

I had both of those feelings tonight. I'm not sure how to describe the feeling, but I've had it in the past and I had it tonight.

Not sure who was praying or what God is working on...but it's a good feeling when He's up to some thing......

:-)

Waiting on God...

My friend, Jessica, and her husband recently moved from a house in to an apartment. I was over at the apartment Thursday evening helping her sift through things, put things in the storage room and cleaning. We accomplished a lot in a short amount of time!! By the time we were done, the apartment was spotless and looked so good! We were very pleased with the results! She said her husband was dumbfounded when he walked in the door from work last night...he couldn't believe his eyes! It felt really good to know that we had accomplished a task that we thought was impossible in one night.

I've been thinking a lot over the past couple of days about life, death, family, friends, dreams and accomplishments. I've thought about things I have accomplished and things I have let fall by the way side unfinished. There are several things I want to accomplish in the future...

1) I want to build an even closer relationship with my parents, sisters and nephew. We are a close family, but some times I feel that we let too many things fall by the way side. We have opportunities to let one another know how much we love and appreciate one another, but we assume "they already know". We have opportunities to exercise some tough love on one another, but we assume they'll get mad and hate us or assume "they don't want to hear it". You know, there is no perfect family. There is something dysfunctional about every family...of course some are more serious than others. I've always wanted our family to be more open with one another. Sharing our thoughts, opinions, feelings and affections. I plan on trying to move our family towards this by trying to be an example of this!

2) My nephew is an absolute cherished treasure of mine! From the very moment he was born (I was in the delivery room), we've had a special bond! He's smart and hilariously funny! He reminds me all the time of how fun life can be. Oh, to see life through the eyes of a 5 year old! I want to be a good Aunt Nahna. I want to help him realize just how far he can go in life!

3) I have been dreaming of completeing a travel program at a travel school. With the knowledge gained from this program about the world and the places in it, I want to work in missions in some form or fashion. I have a heart for people and I want to use what God has given me. I took a step in the right direction several months ago by signing up and receiving the materials to start a course. For different reasons, starting that course has been on the back burner. I'm going to stop putting this off and accomplish completeing this course!

4) I, at this moment in time, am at the heaviest I have ever been in my entire life! I talk seriously about this at times with friends and at other times I joke about it...sometimes it helps to laugh about the things that hurt the most. Losing weight is very difficult for me! I've lost a good bit in the past but it all came back and then some. This is a serious burden on my shoulders that I need and want lifted off of me. With God, with prayer and with determination this will be accomplished!

5) I want to be a better friend! (A friend loves at all times...Proverbs 17:17) I am blessed with some great friends!

Thanks, Jess, for the reminder of how good it feels to see results when working on a task and accomplishing something! It came on a day when I needed it most of all!