Day45 part 2

 Just a quick update on what happened today.  Before I left home to pray I felt it was important to ask Keith to pray with me.  He hasnt been involved with the situation until now so I gave him a brief update as to what I was hoping to pray for and he covered me in a powerful prayer.  I can only think of one or two times in the 25 years of our marriage when I have 'submitted ' to Keiths authority as the spiritual head of our house (not because Im unsubmissive!!! but because the situation rarely arises where it seems overtly necessary)  I remember discussing our marriage vows before our wedding and opting to say that I would obey him.  I genuinely believed that I would probably never need to 'do as I was told' in my marriage because we were aiming to be a partnership.  And right enough, despite a few heated discussions and disagreements, there has never been an issue over which we couldnt work out a middle way.  But I did also believe that spiritually the buck stops with him and that if there ever needs to be a decision made on which we cant agree, he calls the shots. He also takes full responsibility for what happens as a result.  I can live with that 😀  Anyhow, this morning wasnt about obeying, but it was about recognising that sometimes as a wife and as a woman I need the covering that only my husband can give.  He gets it. He prayed a really spot on prayer.  And off I went as prepared as I could be.

Arrived. I turned up unannounced when I was confident she would be in so that she ( lets call her Claire) didnt have a chance to evade and avoid.  She has not seen anyone outside her family for months so Id hatched a bit of a plot to 'drop by' and arranged for one of them to be there to open the door to me.  They let me in and told her I was there.  She was initially a bit reluctant to join us in the kitchen but after a few minutes she did and seemed genuinely pleased to see me.   I came bearing gifts (she is a fellow craft-loving person with whom I sometimes share supplies and ideas) so that was an ice breaker.  We had coffee and chatted for a bit.  Then I just told her that I wasnt really there to chat I was there to pray if that was OK. It was OK.  I read some scriptures anointed her with oil and prayed pretty specifically into the things I felt God had told me to pray for.  She was a bit tearful but very receptive.  Nothing much happened and when I asked her how she was feeling during and after prayer she said she didnt really know.  Which was fine.  When I asked if I could come back and pray again she said yes.  This in itself is huge. Her mental illness is causing her to be so isolated.  It has put her whole life on hold and is wasting so much time that God has allotted for her to be doing stuff with Him.

I came away feeling partly victorious that we had had a lovely time together and that she had willingly let me pray.  I also think that I prayed what I was supposed to. I would of course have loved her to burst into song and dance declaring that she was transformed miraculously and that all was now well....... but I wait to see what happens over coming days and weeks.   

To everyone who said a ' please help ' prayer I truly thank you. I wont be in the slightest bit surprised if today marks the start of a turnaround and some big steps on a healing and freeing journey.  It's Friday

but Sundays coming!