A Fresh Start

 Well, my phone gave up the ghost.  It went right on up to that electronics heaven in the sky.  When my new phone arrived, I said a special prayer that all my information from the old phone could be retrieved.  I did not even realize what special treasures that old phone held until the information was transferred.

My phone has been my note keeper for years.  Before I started using the YouVersion Bible app, I would take sermon notes using the notes feature on my phone.  If I was in a meeting or workshop, I would add my notes in the notes feature.  Prayer requests…notes feature for that too.  Scrabble scores, party games, and revival notes were just a click away.  Once my new phone finished updating, all those precious forgotten notes were front and center.

Seems that when I taught youth Sunday School with Bible Study Cousin, I kept the prayer requests on my phone.  Let me tell y’all, some of the prayer requests of these kids squeezed my heart.  They had so much compassion for other people.  I wonder if their prayers were answered.

I also stumbled upon prayer requests from a variety of people in my life. I suppose at some point I thought it would be wise to write the request down as soon as someone asked me to pray about something.  It does my heart good to see that things that were prayer requests years ago have been answered.  They moved from possibilities to actualities.

I needed the reminder that God hears my prayers.  The ones that I have prayed for years and the ones that I threw up just once and let float in the wind.  They go right up to Him, and He considers them all.  God is mindful of them, and He is mindful of me.  You want to talk gratitude?  That is me when I look at list after list and see how He has proved to be mighty and strong in my life.  I may have forgotten these things, but I am so glad that He did not.  Ya’ll keep praying even when it seems like it is not making a difference.  Keep trusting when the world is in disarray.  And do not be too dismayed if your phone decides to give up the ghost.  You may unlock buried treasure.  #wepreach