Rob has been SUPER busy at work. In fact, he is there right now still. I can't remember seeing him so stressed... and he doesn't get stressed, so that is saying a lot. He has been put in charge of managing a huge, multi-million project with unrealistic deadlines. Oh bless him. I have been praying for him, but I'm kind of unsure what can be done.
I read a book a while ago about meditation/visualization (which is really just another word for faith). Anyway, as I was driving the other day, a quote from the book came to me, out of the blue. If you want something specific, you have to visualize/pray for something specific. If you pray for something general, the answer will be general. While we have both been praying for him, I finally asked Rob what specifically he needs. He needed more help, more people who are skilled.
Well, the very next day he came home excited to tell me that two different people came up out of the blue and offered to complete a couple tasks that needed to get done that day (that Rob just didn't have time to do). He also got a few resumes that day that looked like potentially people he could use on his team. One guy who is in charge of documentation stuff came up out of the blue saying, "I need to solder something... do you have anything to solder?" And of course, that was one of the tasks that Rob needed done. What are the chances?
The chances are great when you are specific in what you are praying for or visualizing. Interesting. As we struggle with discontentment, stress, etc., do we just vaguely ask for a change, or do we really take the time to verbalize exactly what we want.
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I love this Christina! It really helps me understand and focus on what I really want from my Heavenly Father. So happy for Rob...and for you! You are a great wife and support!!
Kevin and I were talking about prayers today and he read me this from the bible dictionary under prayer:
"The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them."
In other words, there are all these blessings just waiting for us, but we have to ask for them, specifically. It made me think of this post of yours, and I shared it with Kevin.
We are both working on being more specific in our prayers!
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