By Brenda Groves
The Post Newspaper Contributing Writer
Faith On Parade, The Answer’s On It’s Way!!!
Sunday afternoons with my Mom were very special, whether we spoke just a few words or many. And the simplest conversations often bring the greatest revelations.
When I’m listening with my “spiritual” ears on, then the eyes of my heart are opened to the real Truth!
I recall one year when she went to the Brazoria County Fair parade with friends and other residents from the assisted living facility where she resided.
The next day I asked her how it went and she clapped her hands and exclaimed, “Oh we had such a good time! They sat us in a nice shady spot ….” At this time she paused and lowered her voice.
“But Brenda, I thought the thing would NEVER start!!! Just when I was about to give up, we could hear the music coming from waaaay down the road! “
I replied, “Well mom, actually the parade started at the other end of town. It was on its way the whole time, it just took a while for it to reach ya. But it was on its way alright.”
Right then, I had this thought cross my mind: “this is a great analogy of how prayer works!!!”
When we pray in line with the words and promises of God, the prayer is on its way in the spiritual world,, even though we may not have seen it manifested yet in the physical realm.
But it’s on its way!!!
That is how faith works for us. We have to actually see what we are praying for taking place in our hearts first, that’s when the parade starts.
Many people are hoping for the best but expecting the worst. They don’t really believe the parade ever started until they can see it. So many times we give up before it gets here and miss it! We cancel it with our own doubt and unbelief.
So don’t pack up your lawn chairs and leave before the parade reaches you!!
No matter what your thoughts say, other people might say.
It’s on its way!!!
Don’t give up!!
It could be right around the corner.
And if you listen real close, you can even hear the music from waaaay down the road!
So park your lawn chair under the shadow of the Almighty God and start clapping your hands to the beat of the Victory March!!!
Thank you, Lord Jesus!!!
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” Hebrews 11:1-6 NKJV
“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them.” Mark 11:24 NKJV
Contact Brenda Groves at bgroves1996@yahoo.com
