My whole day today I kept thinking about the different types of things in my life that I had to overcome..and them things weren’t at all easy things..and the things that I was facing and praying about wasn’t a quick fix so to speak for me..they weren’t even a year fix for me..I prayed and cried it seemed like daily..for years and years..just growing in the Lord..and being set free from things..but the point of me saying this to you all is that for some they give up not even a week after they’ve been praying about something in their lives..they give up and turn away and turn around and go back to living the same ole life that they’ve always been living..when serving the Lord sometimes things doesn’t happen immediately for us..sometimes our prayers don’t get answered right when were expecting them too..but just because they’re not getting answered the way we were hoping for or what not, doesn’t mean that God isn’t hearing us..because believe me He is hearing every cry and every prayer that we have ever taken to Him..for the word of God says that the Lord is close to the broken hearted and He binds up their wounds..Psalm 147:3/Psalm 34:18..and it as well tells us in the word of God that we should not grow weary in our well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not..Galatians 6:9..Amen..so I don’t know how many prayers you’ve prayed about something..I don’t know how long you’ve been waiting to be freed from a particular thing in your life..but I have come to say to someone that the Lord will deliver..we don’t understand Gods ways at times..but I know that Gods ways are perfect..Psalm 18:30/2 Samuel 22:31..for our Lord is perfect and upright the word says in all of His ways..Deuteronomy 32:4..and in His wisdom He knows what’s best for us..He knows what we need and when we need it..but through the hard times and them moments of complete desperation that is where I learned how to pray..and I learned how to trust in the Lord..for I learned that prayer is what I needed..for I would pray and peace would come..I would pray and I would feel so much better..life was just all the way around daily a mess until I learned and the Lord showed me and was teaching me to go and pray..see prayer is what has seen me through in my life..for I know that I know that God is real..and that God hears..and that He answers..and that He is a very present help in our time of need..Psalm 46:1..so whatever your going through never give in..for believe me there is something that God is doing in the midst of the pain..there is beauty that comes forth from our ashes..Isaiah 61:3..for sorrow may last for the night but the scripture says that joy comes in the morning..Psalm 30:5..I’m not sure when your morning may come..but it will come..so hold on to the Lord and His hands of mercy and grace..for He is with you, carrying you, leading you and guiding you..for our God is faithful..1 Corinthians 1:9..and He is ever so true..so know that your life will get better..for mine did..and mine has..for I do know where my help comes from..and I do as the word says..I lift up my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help..for my help comes from the Lord the Maker of heaven and earth..Psalm 121:1-2..so never give in and keep praying and seeking and daily so..for one day you will look around and see that all of them prayers have been answered for you and your life..for that is the kind of God that we serve..for our Lord is not man that He would ever lie..Numbers 23:19..if He has said it He will do it..so let us trust Him always and forever..In Jesus’ name, I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi