Any Kind Will Do

Hello, dear brothers and sisters:)

Part three of the four-part definition of bless is, "to bestow good of any kind upon."

And those words remind me of a time when my own flesh and blood child struggled with whether or not God was really interested in helping out with the ordinary stuff of life.

Let's face it--we've all at some time or another felt that maybe there are more important things for God to do than help us, say, finding a lost earring. Or that maybe He's too busy with world wars and famine to be bothered by silly requests. I will be the first to say that there are a million things that will always be more urgent than a lost earring, but who are we to say God does not care about these things? Over the years I have prayed fervently for someone who is sick and for Rayray to find the perfect dress for the prom. I have prayed for people who have lost their jobs and for little first graders to learn the difference between long and short vowel sounds.

This is our heavenly Father, for Pete's sake. He's The Lord of it all-- the easy/the hard, the good/the bad, the happy/the sad.

This is crucial, people. God is never too busy to bestow good of any kind upon you or your family. He does not have a limited supply whereby He somehow has to prioritize the prayer requests and hand out answers based on some sort of holy triage.

Matthew 10:30 tells us that even the very hairs on our head are numbered. Seems to me that if God were too busy with all the other stuff, He wouldn't care about our hairs. He wouldn't bother with this mind-boggling detail. And yet He tells us this to make it loud and clear that He cares about EVERYTHING. He is eager to let His goodness flow over us, for us, in us, and around us.

Let's take Him at His word!

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We welcome Your goodness--of any kind--upon us. Let it invade every single area of our life. Bless us from the tops of our heads to the bottoms of our feet. Bless our health, our homes, our emotions, our finances, our relationships, and our families. In Jesus' name, AMEN~