That's great to hear!
I haven't been paying enough attention to God lately . I've been too focused on other things. I keep losing the motivation to just talk to Him. I need to sort my priorities out... big time.
Well... my boyfriend is planning to go to China this summer to help teach English to school children... and to pray for them and try and sow a few seeds here and there for God.
My mother asked me to take her to Church at Easter. She told me she was lonely. So I took her with me that Sunday morning. She didn't participate in the prayers or the hymns, but probably rightly so as there isn't much point in praising God with your mouth if your heart isn't doing the same. She left her glasses at home and couldn't read the words anyway.
When the time came for Holy Communion, we knelt in front of the altar with books in our hands (a signal used for someone to receive a blessing instead of the communion). We went and sat down and my mother started crying and went outside.
I stayed there for the time being. I felt very uncomfortable... I didn't want her to be upset... but then again, I was wondering if this display of emotion was the beginning of something? We went round to friends' for lunch and the topic was brought up in conversation. An old lady sat opposite her suggested that my mother must have felt something for that to occur and that maybe God is calling her to be a Christian. That was what I wanted to say but I couldn't do it. My mother denied it all. I pointed out that after that moment her leg stopped hurting, but she said it was because she'd been sat down, not because God had healed her.
I was kind of disappointed. I thought this was it. I thought she was going to be saved. But she remains as stubborn as ever. And yet as she continues to be lonely, getting into increasing amounts of debt, she needs God more than ever. I trust that God will do whatever is necessary to save someone- but that person's heart needs to be ready to accept God. I know all is not lost. I know God's timing is always perfect. Maybe God is going to continue to work on her gradually.