You need to ask God for guidance in your thought process, decision making, and your use of judgment, to have patience.
The method God use to grant requests, is one that requires a process of preparation to guarantee success, with long-lasting results.
Scripture: For ye have need of patience, that after, ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise. (Hebrews 10:36)
Promise: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (words of Jesus Christ) Matthew 7:7, 8
Story:
A 35-year-old former boxer has been praying to God, to send him a beautiful strong woman, to get married to, and have a family. He would like a son and a daughter. He has been praying the same prayer every night, before falling asleep, for the past three years. It was during the second year of his nightly prayer, that in his dreams, there is a young woman; she is plain looking with a cheerful countenance, and a beautiful smile. He cannot understand why, he sees this woman every night. The woman in his mind when he pray, is one with a different face and somewhat older, with a much different countenance.
Today, while shopping, at the mall, a stray shopping cart loaded with school supplies hit him, "What the?" he replied. He see a lady chasing the cart! She said, with a friendly smile, "Hello" and asked, if he was injured? " He replied, " I will be OK, think nothing of it. " She apologized, took her cart, and continued to shop. He was hoping he really would be OK, and so was she.
It was during his dream that night, when he saw her, that it was the woman whose stray shopping cart had hit him, in the shopping mall. "This can't be just a coincidence he said, when the sound of thunder, and a bolt of lightning, shining through his window, woke him from the dream."
After that day, he returned to the shopping mall almost daily, around the same time, he met the woman with the stray shopping cart that hit him, hoping to see her again. However, he continued to pray for a beautiful strong woman to get married to, and have a family. He would like a son and a daughter.
On this day, his nephew offered to take him to a baseball game. The day was sunny and very warm. Sound like fun! he had said, and was happy to spend some quality time with his nephew, who was home for the summer. He was studying film production, and was planning on becoming a movie producer.
His nephew, was quite a funny guy! He could say things that would crack his uncle up. The kind of laughter that makes your stomach ache, and cause you to bend over, laughing out loud, while trying to keep from embarrassing yourself. It was during this situation, that the uncle bumped into a woman, knocking her hot dog and popcorn, out of her hands. When he looked up to apologize, and offer to buy her another hot dog, and a bag of popcorn, he stared into the face of the lady in his dreams; the woman with the stray shopping cart, that had hit him, in the shopping mall. Their eyes met. They knew each other, from a very familiar place! It was in their dreams.
His nephew cleaned up the mess from the hot dog and popcorn, while the couple, spent the day together, he learned that she is a school teacher. She learned that he is a boxing trainer who counsel his students of all ages, in a self discipline program.
That night he fell asleep without praying. His dream came; this time he saw himself with the school teacher kneeling in front of an altar.
She invited him to speak to her class, on their third date.
This is what he said to her students:
Use your mind as a weapon for good to help others, and for yourself; to bring about the kind of change that will allow peace and prosperity for the good of humanity. Never use your physical strength as a weapon, to try to prove how tough you are. Only stupid people do such things.
Today, the schoolteacher and the boxing trainer/self-discipline counselor, are a successful married couple. They are the proud parents of accomplished children; a daughter and son, who have a family of their own. Each has added, three children to the family tree.
written by:
Ellen Jean Barrier
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One World and One Family
We are family. The DNA chain that we are all created with,
binds us together as one family.
To live peaceful within our family, we each must continue to
search for peaceful ways. If we are at fault for an error we committed against
a family member, an apology should be made and accepted, whether the error was
intentional or unintentional.
If we commit a wrongful act that was deliberately done
against a family member, we should ask forgiveness, and we should be forgiven.
With such a humble spirit, God is well pleased with our family members. This is
how we receive God’s Blessings .
__ Ellen J. Barrier
A person cannot live peaceful within any environment, unless
he or she is at peace within him or herself.
Why Should We Pray?
“If you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for
understanding;
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid
treasures;
Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the
knowledge of God.
For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge
and understanding.”
___King Solomon Proverbs
2: 3-6 (K.J.V)
__ Ellen J. Barrier @ Barrier’s Books & Associates
Ellen J. Barrier / musician
"I Want to Feel Your Power Today" is a cry to God,
when one is in desperate need to hear from him. I have been in desperate need
to hear from God, many times. I was sitting at my keyboard, one day, and
needing very much to hear from him. At the time I
was singing this song, I was expressing my emotions to God. I had no words
written. I wrote the words after recording the song, when I decided to share it
public. Those who have heard this song, testifies that it "Relaxed and
calmed" them. My call to God was heard. He is a great and awesome God!
__ Ellen J. BarrierPerforming Arts
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