Supplication vs appreciation

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How do I describe today other than a typical day in the rat race.  I just felt stressed.  I felt stressed because I can't call from my cell phone anymore, because I had switched off my phone in an attempt to transfer pictures and songs to my computer, and then I couldn't remember the pin number because it had changed while I was in hospital, and I haven't switched it off since.  

Then, in an attempt to get the folder in which I stored my Vodacom information of my original number, the cupboard door fell out of the railing and crashed into the lamp beneath, breaking the lampshade, and then I had to apologise to my mom and explain what happened, and then the box in which the folder is was too heavy for me to bring down, so I had to leave it, not even with the reassurance that finding my previous number's pin and puk numbers will solve the problem anyway.  All this drama over a cell phone, phew!  Without communication to the outside world, where would I be?   

Got an SMS this morning about avoiding the prayer of supplication and praying a prayer of appreciation instead, and indeed, that came in handy today.  I was disappointed by the news that I won't be getting the Fiat Pianto I had wanted to purchase, but now I can thank God.  Driving my mother's Accent will be a pleasure, and may there be no trouble with it, only blessings.  Louis sent me another SMS to say that the son of Andre & Vera was shot, and we were to please pray for them.  I don't know them, but he was simply passing it on, and I thought that was a good idea, especially about being bold enough in prayer to thank God for the good and the bad, and to trust Him to save this young boy.  

A life of prayer for others makes so much more sense than a battle of who's right and wrong, and thinking only of work and money and other such troubles, even cell phones and other modern matters.  The real and true passion is in godly activities.  That is where things really get done - in prayer, in quietness, in stillness.  Because it is not us doing things, but us trusting God to do things, to work things out.  Oh, why don't I pray more, when I know and understand how powerful prayer is?  When I enjoy so much coming into the presence of the Lord, to be filled with His peace and joy?  

Dear Father in heaven, thank You for Your unbending strength, and Your loving mercy.  Thank You, Father in heaven, for working out all things when we work towards good rather than evil.  You sent me Word today that it is important to defend your family, to stand up for them, to fight for them rather than against them.  You said to me today that a family divided against itself cannot stand.  Jesus said that He did not drive out demons by the power of demons, because a kingdom that is divided against itself will fall, and so it is with family, spiritual and biological.   Thank You for Your message to me today.  May I remember and carry it in my heart, always.  Amen. 

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