Women Alive

How much do you value the relationships in your life? When I think of the relationships in my life I feel very thankful for them, but with any great relationship it requires a lot work. An intimate relationship requires time, honesty, dedication, communication, and genuine love. When I think of these words I am quickly reminded of God and how much He wants an intimate relationship with each one of us. God is calling you and me, all His daughters to come away with Him and spend some quality time with Him. Come away with me daughters, spend some time with me daughters! When I really think about this I am in awe that my Heavenly Father personally calls me to Him. Just think about how good it feels after spending some one on one time with the person you love the most, you come away feeling so close to that person especially if it’s been a while since you’ve last connected. The more time we spend with God in prayer the more we will get to know Him, trust Him, and gain a deeper understanding of who we are, and you will be in awe of how much He loves us.

We can turn to God in prayer for EVERYTHING, in fact the Bible tells us to in Philippians 4:6 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” This is one of my favorite scriptures because when I contemplate in my mind whether I should pray about something or not, this wins the battle every time.  As a homeschooling mom of two boys, I have a lot of decisions to make regarding my children’s education and how to balance being a mom and teacher.  I never feel alone though, because God is right by my side mentoring me and guiding me on which curriculum to choose and how to balance my different roles at home.  As a follower of Christ and role model for my children, I need to be willing to follow God’s lead when teaching, because some days a math lesson can turn into a wonderful, spirit-filled conversation IF I put the books aside and allow the spirit to teach.  One thing I love is how different my boys are, even though they are only 18 months apart.  I’ve discovered through my years of teaching children and raising my own boys that different personalities require different forms of discipline to be effective.  Could I do this on my own?  Absolutely not.  When I feel frustrated or feel like my methods of discipline are not working, I pray for wisdom and guidance so I can begin to understand and see them they way God does.  I pray for God’s best because He knows them better than I do.  As well, I receive many prayer requests from my website from other women of all ages; I am so blessed to be able to pray for these women as they open up their hearts and hurts to me.  Most times when I sit down to lift these women up in prayer God seems to take care of the atmosphere and the needs of our home.  What I mean is, when I’m in prayer I don’t seem to be needed by my children and the house just seems settled and peaceful. I believe that is God’s way of taking care of things while I spend time with Him.  God really does know what we need and He is faithful to fulfill those needs, God is so good and He genuinely wants us to share our fears, worries, joys, decisions, hurts, and accomplishments with Him. When we trust God with our emotions and everyday decisions we are telling God “I trust you and I can’t do this without you, please guide me in the direction you want me to go.” So often we can forget about the last part of the above scripture, thanking God. He is also asking us to thank Him for what He has done, when we spend time praising Him, I just visualize God smiling and feeling pleased with his daughters. What a great feeling!

You may wonder: Why we should pray if God already knows everything? Well my dear friend, there are many different reasons why we pray, for healing, praising, guidance, or for other people, but there is also a time for intimacy. Yes God may know what we are going to say before we speak it, but when we do come to the Lord we are surrendering all, we are communicating with God that He is everything we need when we “come away with Him”. Sometimes an intimate prayer time is when we are not asking for something in particular, but a time where we just reminisce, praise, and feel God’s loving arms wrapped around our delicate bodies that he created.

“The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely.” Psalm 145:18

I am an everyday woman trying my best to follow Jesus and shine His love onto this broken world. I try hard to make time to spend with the Lord in prayer, because just like you, I find that life does become busy and the days just seem to go by. When I start to feel like life is just getting too demanding or too busy that is my cue that it’s been too long since I’ve spent some time with the Lord. When I pause “life” I can feel the Lord calling me to “come away with him Kendra, spend some time with me, I miss you” Do you ever feel like life is too busy? Or maybe you have never prayed before, my dear friend I want to encourage you today! Start with 5 minutes a day, just 5 minutes spent with the Lord can be enough to tackle the entire day. If I can do it, you can do it! First things first, I encourage you to pause, be silent, and listen. God is calling “come away with me daughters” Can you hear Him?

May your day be greatly blessed,
Kendra Geneau