Did you ever have a moment when someone said something to you and you just thought, “huh,” and it stuck with you?  Maybe it was at a time when you just needed to hear something encouraging.  Or maybe, you did not know why they said it to you, but it seemed to stir inside you.  That is exactly what happened to me this week.

I find strengh in the Lord everyday through His word. (The Bible)  I stand strong in my faith and I believe prayer can move mountains.  I face every situation with a question to God, “what am I to do with this?”  But this week, as I was cleaning a kitchen floor, with a wax bottle in one hand and a cloth in another, I was hit with a piece of wisdom that was like a brick wall.  Simple words that came so matter of factually that I almost could  not believe that I had not know it already. “Don’t tell God how big the mountain is, tell the mountain how big your God is.” 

I agreed, of course.  But then it stirred inside me.  I kept thinking it over and over and I asked God, “am I telling you what you already know?”  I know I believe that God already knows every situation I am in and how He will work it out.  And when I pray, I have faith.  But after hearing these words, I realized that I continue to explain my situation to the God who already worked out the answer. 

This knew piece of knowledge, one that I should have already been aware of, has changed my prayer life.  Now, when I pray I can say, “this issue will not break me for my God is bigger than it.  My God will keep me in His hands and you (situation) are nothing to Him.”  That is a confidence I did not know before. 

What’s more, I told my Uncle and he told my Aunt.  She told her prayer group, and I posted it on my-space and face book.  I blogged about it here, and my uncle shared it in his bible study group.  The knowledge, the wisdom, of this passing comment has touched so many and will continue to be an encouragement for years to come.

Thank you Shirley for speaking when you were moved to do so.