Had I been there last week, on the white board I would have written, "LONELINESS." That's because I couldn't go anywhere or see many folks. But I did pray a lot. With out giving God the favor of my advice, since He has already covered that pretty well Himself. He has told us how to pray.

First, to acknowledge Him, and where He is and who He is…Our Father in heaven...whose name is to be praised. Things are pretty much in a mess down here, and we're all pretty much aware of it. And we want His kingdom to come, and for His will to be done down here just as it is done in heaven!

But just pause a bit! We must not think for one second that God is sitting up there wringing His hands and worrying about what evil people will do next! In my 89 years, one thing I have learned very well and very sure, and that is that GOD IS ALWAYS in charge of EVERYTHING! So then why this and why that? We don't know. But we DO know that NOTHING happens unless God allows it. God didn't make Eve take that apple off the tree or make Adam eat it. But He was sorry that they made that choice, and all of our choices have consequences. And God, being God, knows who, and when, and why, and how it will all work out to be part of His perfect plan.

TRUST HIM!

—Norma Stockton

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