PUSH

My original purpose for this blog is to be uplifting and motivating.  To talk about getting unstuck and learning how to move forward.  I know that I've been side tracked at times with "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" (September 24, 2012) or last week's blog about "A Real Lifetime Movie" or even Justin Bieber on November 20, 2012.   But, I really don't want to lose complete focus.

There is a biblical story about a woman, a widow, who had a need.  (Luke 18: 1 - 8)  She presented herself constantly before a judge, asking him to grant her justice.  As often as she went to the judge, he just as frequently denied her requests.  The parable does not say whether the widow became discouraged or frustrated, but the parable does say that she kept going back and kept going back until one day the judge granted her request.  The story does not note how many times the widow had to keep going back to the judge or over what time frame.  The parable does not even tell us what injustice had been committed against the widow.  What the parable does talk about is the widow's persistence.

By the time one reaches my age, I have come to realize that sometimes we have to be persistent in order to accomplish some things.  We have to get up and show up every day whether we like that job or not if we like keeping a roof over our heads or eating on a regular basis.  We had to go to class for four years or even more sometimes until we earned our degrees and/or accreditations.  We had to be diligent in going to exercise class until we lost the desired weight and sculptured our forearms until they looked like Michelle's (Michelle Obama's - not this Michele.)

I have my own personal story of persistence and perseverance.  I have prayed one specific prayer for the last four years.  I prayed it every day.  Sometimes when I became weary, I even asked friends to help me pray.  But, I kept praying and I kept praying and I kept praying and then just like the widow in the parable, my prayer was answered.  While waiting for my prayer to be answered my wait seemed endless.  But, now that my prayer has been answered, the time I waited no longer even matters.  It's just like going through a nine month pregnancy when the months seem to go on forever, but then the wait pales in contrast to the joy of delivering a healthy baby who has all ten fingers and all ten toes.

The moral of the story is to focus, persist and keep praying without ceasing.  The judge in the parable gave in because he was overcome by the widow's perseverance.

It is our responsibility to be persistent, to be stubborn in prayer.

P   - pray
U   - until
S   - something 
H  - happens!

Thank you GOD for answered prayers.


Peace

Michele