Ginny - 1 John 5:13-15

Good Morning Girlz!!! Oh how I wish my comment function worked up here at work. Karlyn I loved your red & gold Christmas decoration story and I am with you all the way! That would be way too much gold! It has to be red!!! Thank you for sharing! I'm glad I'm not alone in that "toot" category! Also I'm still praying for BeautiControl decisions. Hope there has been some clarity and light shed on what on path to take.

S - These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

O - "according to His will"..."according to His will"..."according to His will"

A - Really I could just cut and paste the whole entry from Lysa Terkeurst's blog on Monday. She talks about unmet longings. Have you ever had something you've prayed and prayed for and you thought if the Lord would just give me this one thing life would be so much better? 1 John 5:13-15 talks about how we must ask according to His will. According to Lysa, sometimes His will is for us to willingly let it go so that He can fill that gap with something else. This is HARD for me. I want the Lord to grant me what I want. In my mind, that's the only way it could work. The only way I would be happy. I definitly need to concentrate on those 4 little words: "according to His will."

P - Lord I do trust You. I do believe You know what is best. So why is it so hard to let go? Lord please help me to ask according to Your will. Open my eyes and calm my heart to what IS Your will. And may this begin TODAY. I don't want to waste time holding on to something that needs to be released. Starting today may I let go and live in confidence that you will fill the gap that is left.