Today is Tasty Tuesday in the Daisy Patch! On Tuesday I like to think about non-food items that feed the spirit, soul or mind. I give myself permission to be a little more serious and according to scripture, "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things!"


I pray! I pray about everything and anything. I pray all day long regardless of what I'm doing. The Lord brings people and situations to mind all the time. Some times praying is all I can do as circumstances are beyond my control and most often I just ask the Lord to take care of the details.

However I have found there are times when praying isn't enough. God says, as it were, "Why are praying? Get busy? Do something!"

Moses cried out to the Lord while being hotly pursued by Pharaoh's army. They were between the approaching army and the Red Sea. I have to laugh at Exodus 14: 15 "The the Lord said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on." In other words, ....get these people moving Moses!

Joshua had a similiar experience in Joshua 7: 10-11. The people had a huge defeat at Ai and Joshua was on his knees with his face to the ground praying about the situation. "The Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! What are you doing on down on your face? Israel has sinned."

If our hearts are listening while we pray many times God will ask us......Why are you asking me? Why not become part of the solution. You know what to do.....now do it! Amazingly enough we will know what it is that we must do.

C.S. Lewis suggests in his "Letters to Malcolm" that as we pray, Christ stands beside us changing us.

"This may send a man from his prayers to help his wife in the kitchen or to his desk to write a needed letter. I am often praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It is so much easier to pray for a boor than to go and see him."

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