Don't Give Up. Pray Big!

Isn't it funny how God seems to answer our prayers, sometimes even when we haven't prayed them yet (the "silent prayers")?  He did that for me today.  I believe in dreaming big, and I don't know if it's this weather and lack of sunshine, but my negative chatterbox has really been attacking those dreams lately.  Don't get me wrong, I love my life, and I'd be absolutely content if things remained the same, but I know that God created us to live life to it's fullest potential.  I want my children to learn to set goals and achieve them by our example.

On Tuesday evenings, we have Mary Kay meetings.  Always a spirit booster, it's pretty much impossible to find myself in another group as positive as this one!  But, tonight, I didn't want to put on a skirt (too cold) and I didn't want to get dressed up and I just plain didn't want to leave my house - but I did.  I told myself I needed to.  It wasn't an option.

As I neared the parking lot, this song came on:

Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning

Anyone can feel the ache
You think it's more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know

Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining (Praise God!)
You gotta face the clouds 
To find the silver lining

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling

And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do

It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try

Everybody's scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be all right
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing

Overcome the odds
That you don't have a chance,
That's what faith can do
When the world tells you that you can't 
It'll tell you that you can!

Thank you Kutless, because of these lyrics at just the right moment, I went in to training with a positive attitude only to hear these lyrics resonate over and over.  One of our amazing leaders talked to us about taking a "Mental Bath".  Bear with me.  The mental bath is the process of essentially shifting your negative thoughts and actions in to the positive.  B, in our case, stands for bookings.  But, actually, for being proactive.  Take a proactive step each day to move your business forward.  A is for affirmations.  Tell yourself positive affirmations.  Dig in to your insecurities, face them, and then tell yourself the positive side (i.e. you feel like you are a bad mom?  You tell yourself every morning and throughout the day "I've got this mom thing down, I am a GREAT mom" and eventually that statement becomes the truth).  T is for tape, or CD.  But to listen to a positive or inspirational CD each day; think "Focus on the Family" or Joel Osteen, with me.  And for us MK consultants, the H is for our hotline call which is our way to stay connected with the positive women in our unit.

God then decided, "Mary needs to hear this again.  One more time and it will stick."  So, I get in my (freezing cold) vehicle and "Focus on the Family" was on and I hear "Don't give up!  Pray Big!".  The segment continued with "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong" - I Corinth 16:12-14.  At one point they were even talking about giving your children positive affirmations all throughout the day, and if you were beyond your children to give them to your grandchildren.

I could hear the Lord loud and clear tonight - I just love hearing His voice.