Answered Prayers

Yesterday, in cunjuction with the past few weeks, was amazing. My wonderful boyfriend joined the fellowship of Leawood East Baptist Church - officially, and with his parents' blessing. It brings joy to my heart know that he has a church home, and that it is mine too. However, what simply humbles my heart and brings praise to my lips is that he went forward for baptism as well. I had been praying for that for a long time; God answered my prayers. I could not help but to sing out in thankfulness (granted the whole congregation was already singing :]). I have already seen a change in Charles, a good change - not that he was bad before. I am so blessed. It amazes me that God answers our prayers. A verse that has stood out to me lately is Psalm 8:4 - "what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" What are we that He cares to answer our prayers? Why does He do it? I am tempted to say that it is because He loves us so much, but then I realize that it isn't true. Though He does love us, He answers our prayers to bring Himself glory, and it is our responsibility to give it to Him. He is so good to us. As if Charles going forward for baptism wasn't enough, a couple of weeks ago, God answered another prayer. I have been praying for accountablility for a while. I miss having someone to talk with about God and life - i miss my girls. :( It is hard to maintain focus on God without having someone there to help you - not impossible, just hard. After a time of waiting for God to answer my prayer, God allowed me to realize that i shouldn't expect other people to hold me accountable if i am not holding them accountable. So, I starting holding some of my friends at school accountable. I started just by asking them to "bust a verse", something our FCA advisor says. It was amazing, the day i started, a fellow FCA advisor, whom i had not asked yet, randomly said "Hey Fleet, bust a verse." It was amazing, absolutely amazing. Now my friend Tiff and I hold each other accountable at lunch. I could still use a mentor, but God heard my prayer, and He answered it. Isn't God awesome? I love how He works, though I don't understand it. I think that is why I love it so much.