First Official Day

Today, Easter Sunday is the official beginning of a year long quest to pray with or for someone everyday of the years! Preferably with someone, but that`s in God`s hands! So far after being awake for only 6 hours, I`m off to a pretty good start.

I attended a sunrise service that accumulated prayer number one, to my surprise I prayed first for myself. Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thought, neither are your ways my ways,"declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thought. Actually I prayed this kind of in my owns words, I also asked God to remove the scales from in eyes so that I could focus more clearly on His plans.

Image this, on Easter Sunday God had time to affirm my prayers within minutes! You`d surely think Easter must be a real busy day in heaven. While driving home perched high in a very tall tree I spotted a beautiful, majestic eagle. It was as if God was tell me to open my eyes and always be aware of my immediate surroundings and He will do the rest. Thank you God, thank you God! Is that prayer number 2?

Off to a second Easter service at my home church. While enjoying the praise band the pastor walked up and asked if I`d anoint people during the service. I eagerly agreed, and also asked her if anointing someone would be considered praying with them. You guessed it, well of course it is!

Now I`ve prayed with an additional 50-60 people, I also received a special prayer request. Ross, from the praise band asked if I would please pray with him before leaving today. Has God placed a neon sign above my head saying(Linda will pray with you) that everyone can see, but me. I`m really liking this.

As the band was tearing down I went on stage to pray with Ross, he was busy talking so I starting talking to Miles. I had noticed, or God called to my attention, that Miles seemed a little down, we began talking and yes, I asked if I could pray with him. He eagerly accepted. As I was walking out into the lobby a dear friend, Pam also requested that we pray before leaving and to make it ever better Sue joined us. Thank you God, thank you God.

I can hardly wait for my second day of this quest!