In my heart, I am holding Admin's hand as we walk down by the river where the sound of bubbling water calms Admin's frustration. Admin is telling me everything that troubles her. She is now relaxed and ready for the Lord to revitalize her--one of His favorite activities. Our Lord loves to lift up our troubled heart an place it into our Father's comfy lap. That is my favorite place to curl up and nap.
I am doing well today. This morning going into work, I resolved to keep conscious of God and invite Him to be with me during every interaction I had with both coworkers and patients. (I am a drug and alcohol counselor.) At the end of the day, I realized that I had not thought of God all day, as always. I kick myself in the butt every day after work for that. I was depressed over that and thought about praying, but I did not feel God's presence at the time.
The two lessons God is teaching me now are 1) practicing faith as a decision and not a feeling, and 2) learning to pray by faith even when I do not feel the joy of God's presence. Well, I said close to this: "God, I believe You are present even though I do not feel Your presence. All I ask is enough faith for right now to believe that You are always with me."
Suddenly, my eyes watered like they always do when God is full in my spirit. Just that little prayer of faith by decision, by free-will choice was enough. God was always with me, but when He say that I practiced the lessons He is teaching, He rewarded me with His presence, assuring me that everything He says is true, and that He will never leave me or let me go. I love God so much.