{"id":436,"date":"2011-12-28T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T03:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:53:59","slug":"thankful-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/28\/thankful-praying\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December was coming quickly and I felt panicked. With our financial situation unchanged, I began begging God for a miracle. What would we do for Christmas and end-of-the-year taxes? How were we going to cover everything needed? Each delema seemed so hopeless and there was nowhere to turn. Where was God?<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, as it&#8217;s happened before, I was lying awake in the middle of the night crying out to Him (silently), when I heard that still small voice say, &#8220;<em>Everything will work out by Thanksgiving. Everything will be covered by Thanksgiving.&#8221;<\/em> I was amazed, thrilled and very excited. &#8220;<em>Everything? Like all the bills and the debt and taxes and, and everything?<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>In the morning, I couldn&#8217;t wait to tell David. He cautiously listened as we both decided to wait it out.\u00a0Nothing happened for the rest of November! Nothing. It&#8217;s silly I guess, but I was really disappointed. All I&#8217;d ever <em>heard God tell me<\/em> before, had come true. What was happening? Was I just full of wishful thinking? I couldn&#8217;t understand.<\/p>\n<p>December 1st I was out on our driveway before school, taking trash to the curb. The moon was so bright, as I stood there looking up into the sky. <em>&#8220;Ok , Lord, what did I miss? I know what I heard You say about Thanksgiving. So what&#8217;s up?&#8221;<\/em> All at once I knew, <em>&#8220;&#8230;by thanksgiving&#8221;<\/em> as in, not a time, but a way. \u00a0By my giving of thanks!<\/p>\n<p>OH! I hadn&#8217;t thought of it like that. It all made sense to me. I&#8217;d been begging, groveling, whining to God; the proverbial woman knocking at the judge&#8217;s door. I had forgotten to thank Him for all He was doing? My prayers changed immediately and continue to this day! They sound something more like this:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Lord, thank You for all You&#8217;re doing on our behalf. Thank You for covering our bills, our debt and taxes. You always know what we need before I ask. Your timing is perfect. I can trust You to provide. You make everything work out according to Your plan. Thank You for helping me understand these words. I WILL trust You. I know that You love us&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I promise you God has continued to provide -bit by bit. He somehow keeps our heads above water. Each provision is a miraculous timing. I will continue to wait but with a heart full of thankful prayers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong><em> -Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_1465.jpg?resize=640%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4765\"\/><figcaption>moon so bright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December was coming quickly and I felt panicked. With our financial situation unchanged, I began begging God for a miracle. What would we do for Christmas and end-of-the-year taxes? How were we going to cover everything needed? 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