Day 22

          So I made it past the 21 day mark yesterday.  Prayer is starting to become a habit.  The Word tells me that I am to come to Him with all things in prayer and supplication and thanksgiving.  Prayer is starting to become my gut reaction to everything.  I was chatting with a friend today and as soon as I heard her speak negatively about a situation, I immediately prayed out loud and cancelled it without even thinking!

          Before I was a christian, my hairdresser used to tell me all about her Jesus.  She talked about Him constantly.  If I would say anything at all even remotely negative she would immediately say, "I rebuke that statement in the Name of Jesus!"  I would joke and call her the "church lady"!  I used to think that that was THE most backward and ridiculous thing.  I was just being realistic.  I didn't realize that my "realistic" was really pessimistic.  I was looking for the negative and planning for it so that I couldn't be disappointed or hurt. 
          The Lord has shown me that ANYTHING is possible to him who believes.  God is just looking for people, bodies, vessels who are willing to pray to exchange the negative in this world to His positive.  See, Jesus died on the cross so that we could not only have life but that we could have life more abundantly. God is looking for a body of believers that will dare to think the VERY best of Him and expect the VERY best FROM Him.  I thank God for this journey, that He is teaching me about who He is and how He wants to work in this world.  I thank Him that it is becoming a natural reflex to combat the negative in this world with His Word and His will!  I also LOVE how He has brought me full circle to do the very thing that I despised.  Humbling.  Wow God!  Thank You for the Beautiful Exchange!