Being Negative

A good friend of mine gave me a book a couple of years ago called "Daily Wisdom for Mothers". I have to confess that it has been in my window at work for lots and lots of months (sorry Diane). Today, for reasons only known to God, I took the book out of the window and read the entry for today

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philipians 4:6

What an awesome Bible verse. The discussion on it is even better for me! It begins with Do you pray\for your children every day? Well, I DO pray for Hayden every day. I pray that he will feel God's presence and know that God is with him all day. I pray that he will think twice before yelling out in class (he likes to be the first one to answer and sure gets excited about learning) and that he will sit still and listen. I am his prayer warrior for all things like that.

The next part of the entry asks "But, are your prayers effective, or are you canceling them out?" Hmmm. "You see a negative will always cancel out a positive. You can't pray about something and then talk against it, or your mouth has just cancelled out your prayers." YIKES. How many times in my little buddy's school years, have I prayed faithfully for him and then had someone ask about his school and me make a negative comment about behavior or card pulling.

I don't even like to think about it.

So my prayer today for me and all other Moms praying for their kids (and I know you ALL do so) is Heavenly Father, help me to only speak words of faith" Amen.

On a side note, isn't it amazing how the Lord speaks to you (and sometimes just smacks you on the head) to get your attention and help you live a life in honor to Him?

Have a blessed day!!