PART 4a: 2 Conversations That You Need to Have with God

He knew what she wanted, but he was waiting for her. She smiled at him and looked down. She laughed at his jokes and danced around the real issue. This is how she was. Certain and exact about what she wanted from people. Slow and unclear about asking. People usually just covered her. They often read her mind and gave her what she wanted. After all, she was pretty and nice enough and this just seemed to work for her.

Of course they weren't reading her mind for real, they were reading her body language. And whether Miran realized it or not, she had become used to this, never-really-speaking-up, things-just-kind-of-happening-for-her type of existence. It made her a little prideful. But it was subtle to her, she couldn't feel it happening. She simply became use to getting what she wanted regardless of what she did. But Les was different.

Les Morrison was the kind of man who enjoyed the company of beauty. The thing is nobody could tell it by the company he kept, because what he found beautiful in people was often a little hidden to the naked eye. Besides, he didn't need visual stimulation. He could barely see as it is, couldn't drive and declared legally blind. The clincher, he was 'gorgeous'. In crown 'gorgeous'. Can't look at him too long or I'll go blind 'gorgeous', and it was all lost on him which made him even more 'gorgeous'.

He found his pleasure in the voices and the texture of the words. He could hear the weight of convictions when people spoke and because of that he often knew when they where being real. And Miran was holding something back and he knew what it was and he could help her, but he would not if she did not ask. "I hope she asks," he thought to himself, never wanting to keep a good thing from anybody.

Are you like that with God, you never take the time to speak up and ask Him for what you really want. So you kick at the rocks and hold your hopes and heartaches to yourself. When they simply need to be spoken to the One in your life who knows just what to do with you.

"Father don't let me be a fool."

"Help me to make my business work. Teach me new things."

"Show me how to use this 'power to get wealth.'"

"I keep choosing the wrong men, show me how to love, show me how to live. Don't let me get me jacked up."

God made you, surely He is strong enough to deal with you, the real you. Oftentimes we pray these big grandiose prayers, when all we need to do in order to be heard by God is speak to Him honestly, listen for the answers consistently and our lives will change dynamically. He is not like everyone else that you have been dealing with--you must ask for "it". If you ask for any promise that he has already spoken to you through the Word, then you can trust that you will receive it.

Try it and see what happens . . . and in the next post we'll uncover the second even more life changing part of this prayer thing. It's the kind of information that can make or break your faith. And when your faith falls apart, so does all your dreams.

MizJAI