So I have two stories tonight... one that happened earlier and one that is going on right now.
I was sitting on the couch earlier just vegging out and a facebook chat message came across my phone from a young lady (she will be 11 later this week) asking me if I could pray with her because she was afraid that if she died tonight that she wouldn't make it into heaven. I asked her if she wanted to know for sure and she said yes. So right there over Facebook she prayed and asked Jesus to be Lord over her life. It was awesome and amazing! I love how God works! This little girl knew she wanted Jesus and she went to Facebook to find someone to help her walk through this. I love that God will use all kinds of tools even social media.
Ok Story #2... right now as I sit here typing this my ten year old son is in his room crying out to Jesus for his fish to live. He hadn't been taking very good care of them lately, and everytime I asked him if he had done this or that the answer was always yes. I never really followed up too closely because they are his fish in his room and his responsibility. He had two left from the original 6 about 3 years ago. The black googley eyed one died tonight and he flushed it. He has one orange one left. I helped him move the orange one into a different container with fresh water and we prayed over it. He told the Lord he was sorry for not taking good care of his animals. I tucked him in to bed and told him to pray for his fish while he went to sleep. I can still hear him sniffling in the next room...
So being the good mom that I am, I just went and checked on him and his fish. It will truly be a miracle of God if that fish lives. We have done all I know to do... the rest is up to God.
It may seem silly to pray over a fish like this, but I don't think it is for a couple of reasons.
1) My son is learning several valuable lessons... to take care of his things/pets and how to pray for the sick and have compassion for God's creation
2) It is good practice for building our faith and speaking the word and praying with the expectation that our Father will hear from heaven and answer our prayers
Whether his fish lives here or in another location, I believe that God will bring good out of the situation!
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