Daily Meditations from Native America

I highly recommend that you sign up for daily meditations. It's great to have a quote or Bible verse pop up on your Blackberry or in your e-mail every day, reminding you that God is near. Reminding your to count your Blessings and be thankful. Reminding you that all is well (or will be) in your world, because God is with you.

Personally, I like White Bison. A quote from a Native American and a short lesson and prayer.

It sets my day in place, reminding me who and what I am, where I came from, and Who is waiting for me to come Home when I reach the end of my Path.

It's a good feeling.

http://www.whitebison.org/

God Always Answers

God always answers.

Sometimes it's "Yes."

Sometimes it's "No."

Sometimes it's "Wait."

And sometimes, like a long suffering parent, God says "You have GOT to be kidding!" (Yes, that's definitely a NO answer.)

But I think the worst one, and probably one that we get more often than we realize, is "Yes, but you'll be sorry. You have a lesson to learn and you're choosing to learn it."

Ouch, ouch, ouch. That's a rough answer. I didn't learn my lesson, so God is going to let me learn it again? Ouch.

The good news is that God is still there, still letting us learn our lessons. He ALWAYS answers our prayers.

But sometimes we really don't want to hear the answer...

How Long To Pray?

"What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?"
--Sitting Bull, HUNKPAPA LAKOTA

We should spend our lives praying. Praying, praising, thanking God for all the good things He's blessed us with.

However, we're so impatient and selfish, sometimes we pray and pray and then get mad at God for not hurrying up and answering our prayers.

Sitting Bull was right. It's all in God's time, not ours. As long as God answers our prayers, who are we to whine about having to wait a little while? Maybe there's a good reason for it. Maybe by being forced to wait, we avoided some terrible circumstance, accident, even death.

We don't know what God's plan is, so we need to just keep praying.

And praying.

And praying.