I'm back because I'm bored but I'm just sitting here thinking about God and how great He is. Throughout my life I've been to a few different churches, some horrible, some okay, some awesome. I've met some people who simply carry the fragrance of divinity that only a person who is submitted to Him can carry. I could never put words to it and when I came to college I met a few people like that at the same time. I used to pray to God when I was very young to take my life, I used to beg Jesus to use me and I had no idea what I was asking. People have been praying for me my whole life and I consider all the times I felt God speaking to me as answered prayers. God was answering the prayer I prayed as a young boy. A cynic might say "why would God answer a prayer when you didn't understand it?" Let's be honest, we don't fully realize the magnitude of what we're asking when we pray to God for things. I can say 'God bless this person' and God hears that and He will answer that prayer in His time but I have no idea what He will do.

Faith isn't about seeing the results, it's about raising your vision.

When the Lord revealed Himself to Saul and blinded him, He told him to go to Tarsus. The Lord then went to one of His followers, Ananias and told him to "put his hand on him (saul) that he might receive his sight" (Acts, 9:4-16). There are a lot of lessons to be learned from this but I feel compelled to focus on a few things. One, God could have restored Paul's sight and sent him on his merry way but He didn't, He sent him to one of His servants. He wanted to use one of His own to display His power. He also made Paul, a persecutor and murderer of Christians into a "chosen vessel." Ananias argues with God (I try it so often, angels must've laughed at my expense more than once) and says in, King Brooklyn version, "hey, I hearda dis guy and he's a section eight, I mean, no friggin' good." God used this to work on Ananias and his bias. Two points: God loves doing awesome things through those who know Him and He wants us to realize that He wants others, even those who seem least likely. Raise the vision for yourself and for others.