When "Thank You" Doesn't Seem Enough

Lately I've been learning how to accept help. I love helping others, but I'm not used to having someone help me. Some might argue it's because I'm a control freak...I don't think that's the case; I just tend to see a different way of doing things. I like to be efficient and sometimes it just seems easier to do it myself. However, the older I get, the more I'm becoming okay with the way others do tasks that I would normally do. As long as it's done, great-mark it off the list.

When we ask for favors from family or friends, the reaction could easily be mixed. Depending on the ask and the time available to the ask-ee, you could get an eager or a hesitant response. Understandable.

Asking God for help is like asking Steve Jobs to show you how to use an iPhone. Maybe more like asking Grandma how to make her fabulous fried chicken...Grandma may be more excited to share her recipe and teach you than Steve would've been...

Either way, it's hard to convey how God wants us to go to Him for help. He wants us to call on Him, ask Him, need Him. In these times, you can catch grandma at the mall, on a lunch date with friends, taking a nap, whenever you want to call her you can catch her on the cell. I remember having a set time to call my Mamaw. I could imagine the loud ring from that old wall phone and picture her getting to it, the only one they had, and anticipating who would be on the other end. We would talk for a little while, catch up with each other and I wouldn't speak to her again until I called the next time. I knew when she would be home, and that's when I called.

God is always available. You don't have to have full battery power, the right number or even make sure it's not during His nap. 24/7 He is there ready and willing. It's so easy to go to Him. Problems, decisions, even just to say, "I love you!" Call Him!

One time I begged my granddad for money to buy a Camaro. He said no. I was disappointed, but also a little relieved. Disappointment was there because that was an amazing car! But I was relieved, because I really couldn't afford to have to pay him back.

Sometimes God doesn't answer the way you want Him to. Oh, but He will answer. If you're smart, you'll learn to wait on His answer. His timing is always perfect and always right. Yesterday, I waited for His answer and it came before I thought it would. It was perfectly timed and perfectly done. His will was 100% A-OK with me and I was thankful. When the news came, I sent up a quick, "Thank you God. Thank you for an answer other than-"We don't know" but better than it could have been" and then, I stopped and apologized. I knew that my "Thank You" was really all that He required, but I felt that I needed to thank Him as hard and persistently as I had asked. Not feeling that my words have amounted to the gratitude that I would love for Him to know, I'm still thanking Him today, and I'm sharing with you.

I hope I'm conveying the amazing love that God can give. If you don't know it, I pray that you will learn how to know it. It's seriously the easiest thing I've ever done in my whole life. God is good all the time. I'm so grateful that He's mine.

Eventually, I did get a Camaro...it was amazing and fun and paid for in cash by my husband. It all worked out for the best