Sometimes you just need a good cry. Yesterday was one of those days for me. Nothing was specifically wrong, just felt sort of overwhelmed and needed a release.
Crying in the car. Mascara everywhere. Rain pouring down. It was probably a very pitiful scene.
Once I calmed down, I started praying for comfort. I prayed and prayed for God's comfort to envelop me. Soon I felt better.
Later, at Church, a kind friend (a very active member of our congregation) came into the office where I was working. She handed me a bag and said it was "for me." Inside was a beautiful throw blanket with a pumpkin and the words "Autumn Blessings" on it.
Immediately I realized that this was the gift of comfort from God that I had been praying for all day.
Sometimes we wait for prayers to be answered, and wonder why we have to wait for so long. And then other times the Lord gives you exactly what you prayed for.. maybe not in the way you expected. I pray that each of us is aware of the gifts of answered and unanswered prayers that the Lord provides us each and every day.
