"God is Love." -- 1 John 4:16
Sunday, December 23, 2007 -- 1:35pm/PT
My prayers go out to all the loving people who have prayed for me in the past at "PrayAbout" and all of those who have allowed me to pray for them in their needs this year that God's love and peace surround us "passing understanding." With all the focus on "stuff" this month, I'm actually finding it harder to keep my spiritual focus now than all the other 11 months of the year combined! With no close family left alive, no parties and gift sharing, very limited finances, and isolated by disability, it's so hard to remain focused on gratitude, the vast multitudes that are even more less fortunate than me, not even having a computer or even a place to live (homeless, homes in foreclosure), illnesses confining them to hospitals and nursing homes, or anyone to love or pray for them at all. God bless the children, that in large part this Christmas holiday is really all about, inheriting such a difficult world, the families of soldiers worried about the life and death situations their loved ones wake to every morning, the aged, sick and lonely with no one to be with Christmas time, and, please, pray for me that I can stop living in my past, what I "used to" have and "used to" be, that God will forgive me for not being more appreciative for what He has given me now, humble as it is, so that I can share joy and light, not self-pity, with those around me. "The Lord blesses His people with peace." -- Psalm 29:11
Thank you to all the loving Christian people who prayed about my relationship difficulties (we are still together), my computer getting "hacked!" (God provides, I learned what "spyware, firewall and anti-virus" means!), my alcoholic friend with the prostitute (uh... he is better, but not "on his knees" in prayer himself yet.). As for anyone that prayed that my finances would improve... please pray again? And, of course, pray I have the grace to accept God's will in ALL things. Financial limitation is a powerful teacher, too. Builds character. "Thy will, not mine, be done."
God bless everyone at "PrayAbout." I find myself gazing at the little animated graphic of the mountains, the little people coming down from their homes with candles, meeting together, a "light" from/to the heavens, all return home, darkness, it all repeats again and again, under website logo at the top of page...God provides, how peaceful.
Blessed Christmas, in Jesus' name, and New Year, 2008.
With love and thanks,
Anand/SF