Day 21

         Today is the 21st day.  I have heard that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit.  So now praying for people should be a habit from this point forward, right?  I hope that means it will get easier and I will grow bolder.  I will say that God is certainly continuing to teach me everyday about being a vessel for Him.  He must love me a WHOLE LOT because I have been learning some of those really difficult lessons lately. 
         The weather was still pretty yucky here today and my car was in the shop so I didn't really go out of my house all day.  At 5:30 I had to go and pick up my rental car.  I have dealt with this company before and had a less then pleasant experience and I had called their office earlier in the day and no one had returned my call.  So on the way to the rental car place I was gearing myself up for what I figured was going to be a painful experience.  I got there and was completely on edge, athough I didn't realize it until later, hindsight is always 20/20! I wasn't mean or nasty, if I have to give a disclaimer like that my attitude was definitely in the wrong place. I was pretty unobservant and uncaring about what anyone else in that place of business was going through though.  I was so ready for battle, I don't think I would have noticed if someone with leprosy walked through the door! 
          I may have and probably did walk right past the opportunity to release God's Kingdom here on earth because I was busy and expected things to be difficult because they had been in the past.  That wasn't the case at all, I was in and out of that rental car place in 15 minutes.  The guy who helped me was efficient and pleasant.  So the lesson is to relax and trust God and know that He will take care of me and to always pray and ask God to open my eyes to see what He sees, hungry to hear His voice and obedient. 
           I did get to keep up my New Year's Resolution today though.  I got to pray with a few people.  As is normal this time of year, lots of people are quitting smoking.  I was a smoker once and I smoked A LOT and for a LONG TIME!  God took that addiction from me almost five years ago.  I was blessed to get to pray with two friends today who are trying to break free from it too.  It was awesome to see God take the cravings from a 6/10 to a 0/10!!!  Anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking knows how bad those cravings can be and to see God lift that, WOW!  I am so grateful that Jesus died so that I could live a life that is free and abundantly filled with good things instead of stinky, smoky, expensive cigarettes!
          I also got to learn a lovely lesson in humility today.  I think that is going to have to be a story for another day, but I am grateful to God for reminding me to pray His will in every situation instead of my own!
Trust in the Lord with all my heart and Lean Not Upon Your Own Understanding, In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths... Reverse: Don't trust in God, Rely on yourself, lift yourself up and He will not direct your paths. As I learn to trust Him instead of my own ways the things that I am holding on to so tightly will be given to Him, and I know that as I give those things to Him, He will give me better things.
           I really learned a lot today, thank You, Father!  It is no wonder that I am so tired! Good Night!