With a Thought and a Prayer

I have a dear friend who is struggling with some heavy duty health concerns at the moment and my thoughts and prayers are always with her.  There are those among my friends that think thoughts and prayers are lame and that only real action can make a difference, I beg to differ.  I believe that thoughts and prayers are real actions, that the human mind is so powerful that thoughts and prayers can heal any condition or situation.

I need look no further than my own history to be convinced of the healing power of thoughts and prayers.  Back in November of 2007, death had me in its grip, I was clinically dead for five to seven minutes, and survival should have meant brain damage, but I had a whole community of people praying for me and I made it through remarkably.  Go ahead and scoff but I’m a firm believer in the power of thoughts and prayers!  There have been times when faith in myself has been challenged, and times when I felt powerless over circumstances in my life, but there has never been a time when I didn’t believe in a Power far greater than myself able to see me through any situation.

This Power, which I choose to call God, isn’t the same God I grew up with, the Old Man in Heaven spying on me to see whether I ate my broccoli or not and judging me because of it, no, God for me today is an unlimited and unfailing energy that always responds according to principles and laws, the greatest of which is love.  This is not as metaphysical a concept as it seems, it correlates with the fundamental teachings of Christ, whom I love and believe in, that God is always present and that faith is always rewarded.

Thoughts are prayers, and prayers are powerful!  I have faith today, and I know that my faith reaches God who moves Heaven and Earth to answer my prayers.  Regardless of appearances, I know, feel, and believe that God is right there where Anita is and that my thoughts and prayers bring fruitful results.  Today, I’m sending out thoughts and prayers to all who need them, and I’m doing so believingly, absolutely certain that as Jesus said, these prayers are being answered!

Love you all!

Luc