Elephants

I don't normally journal, but when I do its usually for something important to me. Here is part of an entry from earlier this week- 
   I started a new devo called Praying for Your Elephant. Cheesy, but something, not impulse, quickly urged me to do it!  As the title suggests it was about not limiting ourselves in prayer. It seems true that we place limits on what we can and can’t ask for. Usually the impossible we tend to overlook because maybe God won’t care or it’s not important enough to bother asking….. First I do believe God is interested in what we want. Second, I sometimes feel that he dares us to ask for the “impossible” just to show us that He can! He’s done it for me before!

    Back to the devo- the Bible verse was John 14:13 “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”  There’s another verse that talks about being confident when asking God for something…And I asked God “What does a bold prayer look like? Could it be asking for food and water in the desert, or God’s help to build a wall? Then I get to that moment when I almost make God a deal. Like- “Ok if you do this, I’ll do that”. But there’s a verse about keeping promises to God (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5)….So I sat there wondering what bold prayer I can ask…I remembered promises that had been made to me that weren't fulfilled and then I had it! I made my bold prayer and I could almost feel like God was smiling saying “that’s more like it!” God taught me that bold prayers don’t have to be this big miracle (but they can), they can be some small task that 10 seconds ago we might have thought to be impossible or unimportant! I believe He cares though. If the little noisy (probably dirty) kids were valued by Jesus, wouldn't God understand what seems important to us? He did live on this Earth after all, and He made it, I think He understands it all perfectly! My challenge to whoever reads this is this- Pray for anything right now! Have no doubt (even if it seems hard!), I’m waiting for my prayer to be answered! I’m not saying you’ll get it! I’m saying have faith that you will, and if it lines up with God’s plan, it’ll happen! Pray and wait for your elephant to show up!