...as they went, they were cleansed. In Luke 17:12-19 we read about 10 lepers healed by Jesus. The difference of this healing compared to many others we read about is that it was not an instantaneous healing.  In verse 14 it states that once Jesus saw the lepers, he said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." and that's it. He didn't touch them, He didn't say anything more than just that. And that verse wraps up by stating "And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. " This speaks volumes to me as someone who has become disheartened when I didn't get an immediate response to my prayer like I thought I should.  This is so dangerous for us as believers because it puts us in a position of demanding of God what we think He should do or how He should act.  And when He doesn't respond to us accordingly, we lose faith. When healing does not take place instantly our faith waivers and we sabotage our progressive healing. We need to stand...

The Gratitude Journal       This morning I decided to dig out my old gratitude journal and restart that habit.  I went back to the very beginning to see when I actually started this journal, because I certainly have not been faithful to it, and I saw that the very first entry was the day my husband got his desired job at his company. I scanned through a few more pages, reminiscing on everything I wrote out that I was grateful for each random day, until I finally got to today's page and started to fill it out. About five lines down I wrote I'm grateful for "God – obviously".  And then I stopped and thought about it. Why did I write that? Why did I feel the need to add 'obviously'.   Did I write that because I truly meant it or did I write that because I would have felt guilty for leaving God off my list?  Stopping and really thinking about it, am I truly grateful for God?  I realize that yes I can say and believe I am, but is that really ...