An Answer To Someone’s Prayer

My prayers are ALWAYS answered. Now – don’t get me wrong, sometimes they are answered not exactly how I would like them to be, but today I want to talk about the other times they are answered. The times when they are answered immediately and with a big slap in my face. Not literally – but kind of.

This past Thursday I found myself doubting myself. Does this happen to anyone else out there? It doesn’t happen too often to me, but when it does – it just brings me down! I was suddenly {and when I say suddenly, I mean SUDDENLY… like super random and out of NOWHERE!} really sad! Something inside of me told me to stop blogging and that I wasn’t helping anyone. I started to question myself and it got to the point where I was just ready to give up! That night I found myself in my room, CRYING and praying to know why I was feeling that way. As I sat in my bed, I was thinking why these feelings would be happening. My numbers have been increasing, nobody has said anything negative and this month has been the most successful month for the blog yet – so I just could not figure it out. I finally fell asleep and decided I would tell Tyson what I was thinking in the morning.

As always, morning came far too quickly and we were getting ready for the day and I told Tyson that I was going to quit. He thought I was being super dramatic and crazy, but was kind and listened to me. At the end of my rant he said, “Go get the computer.” So, I did. He said, “Open it up and go to Twitter.” So, I did. And the first thing on there was this article by Christina on the blog Laughing and Losing It.

Tears filled my eyes as I read her article about me. Here was a person, I don’t even know, who was an answer to my prayer! Christina will never know what an impact she had on me that day. In fact, it was a turning point in my blogging career. The quote immediately came in my mind by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.”

 

Several things happened that day that were answers to my prayers. My husband reads Michael Hyatt’s blog on a daily basis and he just so happen to write an article about not giving up that morning and my sister also sent me a picture of one of her friends that posted one of my quotes on her Facebook page that didn’t even know that I was her sister. Each of these individual’s were an answer to my prayer – even though they had no idea I was struggling!

“Our destiny is not to be determined by the number of times we stumble, but by the number of times we stand up, dust ourselves off, and strive forward.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf.

How many times in life do we each stumble? How many times do we fall and we want to give up on something?

I am grateful for these angels that were answers to my prayers this week and it is my hope that I will be able to be an answer to someone else’s prayer too! I truly believe that we don’t meet people by accident. Every person we come in contact with, is for a reason. “People may not remember exactly what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

I challenge each of you this week, to be an answer to someone’s prayer. Be on the look out for someone in need. It doesn’t have to be big – a simple text or phone call just to say hello, can brighten someone’s day. Even a simple smile at a stranger.

After this week, I have learned that ANYONE can be an answer to ANYONE’s prayers. You never know what good you are doing – Keep going! Keep trying! Just do your very best and never… EVER give up!

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Danielle is the owner of Today's the Best Day. She strives to provide creative and uplifting content in order to enrich the parenting experience for women everywhere. Danielle hopes to help you and your family to make every day the best day!

April 27, 2014 by Danielle Davis | 6 Comments