Miracles, Prayer and A Makeover Party

I stood at the top of the hill and looked down at my daughters.  Ashley nanny's the sweetest little boy, and they were showing him the horse that Sarah looks after.  It was a beautiful day, and I couldn't help but notice the Lord's hand in the blessings that He had given to my daughters.

When I got home, I opened up my Bible and found the hand-written prayer requests that I had placed in my Bible some time ago.  Both prayers had been answered in ways that I could never have fathomed.  God is amazing, and His grace on surrendered requests always leave me in awe.

My daughter Ashley is studying Early Childhood Development.  She is a natural working with children.  Her prayer was to nanny a little boy in pre-school.  She chose to work in a Daycare center nearby, but left disappointed in how they were treating this one little boy.  She recognized that he needed more positive reinforcement.  Shortly after she left discouraged.  Then much to her surprise, the mother of that little boy contacted her and asked if she could be his full-time nanny.  The success for both of them has been remarkable, and in the process our whole family has fallen in love with him.

My daughter Sarah lost her horse Dapper and the grief that she had for this friend of ten years was overwhelming.  She prayed for a new horse, and the Lord blessed her in an amazing way.

She had been taking care of this gorgeous horse for a friend.  The horse is so similar to Dapper.  The horse is boarded at her favorite barn.  The woman had to leave the country to care for her sick father, and asked that Sarah look after the horse while she was gone.

So there she is with a horse that could be Dapper's twin at a barn that she has always loved, and is paid to watch and ride him.

And there is Ashley with this amazing little boy together.  After I took this photo this week, I put my camera down and stood staring at  God's Grace and I cried.  God seems to bless me with beauty, while I face the bigger adversities in life.

God cares about our prayers.  He answers our prayers in the small things as well as the big things.  The only thing required of us is to ask, and to surrender the outcome.  After years of doing this little exercise of writing down my prayer requests and putting them in my Bible, I have gained so much faith.  With each small request being answered, my faith for the bigger things in life has grown.

I learned how to do this exercise, through the teachings of Catherine Marshall's books.  In 1959 she married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine.  Guidepost is one of the sponsors for A Miracle Makeover.

In honor of the Grady family, we were asked by Kelee, from Kadilac Shack,  to share an inspirational story.  Kelee is back and hosting another Miracle Makeover for a little fellow named Charlie.  If you to to Design Gives Back or to Kattilac Shack you will find links where you can leave your comments that will earn money donations for this family.

Her big reveal Miracle Makeover is shown on Design Gives Back, from August 12th through the 18th.  Won't you stop by and leave a comment to raise money through their sponsors.

It's a Miracle Makeover Party!  When you stop by Design Gives Back, you will find lots of links and likes on the web and Facebook, that you can do to help turn comments into donations.

Bev from How Sweet The Sound is participating with all of her Pink Saturday posts sharing inspirational stories.  If you leave a comment there, it will count as a donation also.