At noon each Wednesday, I used to walk from the dental office where I worked to my friend Bonnie\u2019s house nearby. There, we met for prayer. Through the months, I saw many of our prayers answered, but I also discovered the power of a wish.<\/p>\n
A dear friend, who had been rejected for a position in her church, began to resent the one who had been chosen for it. I watched sadly as envy ate at my friend. I silently wished she would stop finding fault and take an honest look at herself.<\/p>\n
Within a week, she called and said, \u201cI\u2019ve decided to get rid of my bitter attitude. Please remind me if I start to say anything negative about that person.\u201d I thought, that\u2019s like an answer to prayer…only I didn\u2019t pray!<\/em><\/p>\n Later, my new daughter-in-law JoAnn said she would never be baptized. I couldn\u2019t say anything without sounding like a meddling mother-in-law, but I often wished she would change her mind. I\u2019m sure I would have prayed about it after awhile, but before I could, she announced that she wanted to be baptized.<\/p>\n My fulfilled wishes reminded me of God\u2019s message to Isaiah, \u201cBefore they call, I will answer\u201d (Isaiah 65:24).<\/p>\n God knows our wishes\u2014what we hope for\u2014before we even realize we should pray for them. Since I discovered what can happen when I wish something good for someone, wishing has become fun for me.<\/p>\n Throughout my day, as I see a need, I offer wishes for others like good thoughts blown their way. The rest I leave to God. He understands and answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At noon each Wednesday, I used to walk from the dental office where I worked to my friend Bonnie\u2019s house nearby. There, we met for prayer. Through the months, I saw many of our prayers answered, but I also discovered the power of a wish. A dear friend, who had been rejected for a position […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[665],"class_list":["post-24527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspirational-prayers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n