Last Resort

My lack of faith has really come to light in my life recently. I so often forget the life changing power of prayer. So it only makes sense that if prayer can change a life, which is big, that it can change a a situation in life, which is seemingly small. And because of this attitude, this lack of appreciation in my life, I use prayer as a last resort. However, I don't believe this is what God intended prayer for. It should be how I stay connected with and maintain my relationship with my Savior. But no, as with most things, I abuse this awesome privilege I have been granted.  Regardless, God still heard me and helped me out.

Here's what happened...If you're familiar with the business side of the medical world this will all make perfect sense, if not, bear with me and you'll see the point in the end. I am in charge of making sure that the Hipaa 5010 stuff is all ready for the beginning of the year. For the past several weeks I tried through e-mail and phone calls to get in touch with the software company to see if the update was ready. No response. And so I happened to leave work early on a Friday to enjoy some time with my family for my birthday. As the weekend wound down it occurred to me that I should pray about this work situation. And so I did. I went back to work on Monday and found a note on my desk that the software company had called just after I left on Friday.  I was surprised that they had finally called back.  But also amazed at how God had answered my prayer before I even said it. Wow, what an awesome God I serve.

To finish the story within the week I had talked to the person to get things squared away several times on the phone and through e-mail to figure out what our office needed to do. And we're well on our way to being compliant. Thank the Lord.

Noni Fun Fact: I am so thankful to be at a job that I enjoy and challenges me.

Thankfulness

Well the trend on Facebook is to post each day of November something you are thankful for. Well I'm not much on trends like this, so I decided to do my own version. Because November is such a wonderful month and Thanksgiving is soon and I will be 25 soon...I am going to do the top 25 things I am thankful for, even though there are far more and I may not mention all the important ones. Some will be cliche and the standard answers or crazy and fun, but all of them will be things I am honestly thankful for in this moment.

25. 25 years of life! I love my birthday so much!
24. Water bottles.
23. Shoes to support my feet.
22.Smart phone.
21. Pictures.
20. Peace.
19. Pens.
18. The moon and stars.
17. Balloons.
16. Snow.
15. White Chocolate Mochas and other forms of coffee.
14. Wednesday afternoons off.
13. Sonic Happy Hour and a boss who let's me go there.
12. Friends. There are too many to list.
11. The kids that are a part of my life and bring a smile to my face.
10. My ability to cook.
9. The capability to know the difference between joy and happiness.
8. My health.
7. A job I enjoy.
6. A reliable mode of transportation.
5. My amazing yellow sunglasses.
4. A critter free house.
3. A house to live in.
2. Family. I have been blessed with such an amazing family who has been and will be there for me through thick and thin.
1. God. He is the reason for life, I can't imagine doing it without Him.

This list is by no means all inclusive like a sweet vacation, but rather a small sampling of things that in this moment I am thankful for.