Pray without ceasing part II

Okay, so back to praying without ceasing.  A year or so ago, I felt compelled to ask a friend to be my prayer partner.  That was one of the best decisions I have ever made.  Honestly, I can say that.  It has transformed my prayer life.  Oh, it is far from perfect as can be seen from my previous post but it is so much better than it has been my entire Christian life.  To have someone who relies on you for prayer, who opens up their deepest needs, hurts, fears and is entrusting you to take them seriously.  To not just say an obligatory prayer and move on, but to think of them, to pray for them, to be their support is precious.  But at the same time, knowing they are doing the same for you.  Is truly an amazing feeling.  Knowing someone "has your back" so to speak.  Knowing that when I am having a lousy week, that there is another person who is thinking about my needs and giving them up to God is so reassuring.  And something I am so grateful for. 
I have learned many lessons from this:
     -God listens - I really feel there have been many answered prayers between the 2 of us
     -Satan listens - this is the harder one to deal with.  I know that when we are praying diligently for each other, when we are seeing amazing things happen, he attacks us.  He attacks each of us where it hurts the most, our insecurities, our weaknesses, our hormones....you name it.  He knows how to get to us even with our friendship.  He plants seeds of doubt that we truly care for each other.  I mean how best for him to take our power of prayer away but by breaking apart our bond?  Man he is good at that.
     -Our strength comes from God - one thing I continue to learn is to lean not on my own understanding but on Him.  Usually when I am struggling with something, I am trying to control it myself.  When I give it to Him, to let Him be my strength, it goes so much better.
     - Prayer makes us less selfish.  If we dive deeper into a prayerful life, praying for others, not just whining to God about what our life is lacking, it puts things into perspective.
     -We, as moms, need to stick together.  It is hard to be a mom.  Having the prayer support of someone else, going through the same struggles of not only a mom, but wife, friend, employee, maid, chauffer, tutor, cook, personal shopper...boy we wear many hats.  Knowing someone else is praying for you that is dealing with all the same things, is really helpful.  (Okay, I am using that as an example, I am not trying to offend my friends who aren't wives or mothers.  Really, any woman you have a history with, who understands you, is someone who you need to stick by.  I truly value all my friends and their prayers are always welcome and I find it an honor to pray for them as well).
     -Along with having a prayer partner, praying for my own family is key.  And that is where I will stop, because that is something that requires more digging....

Feeling full

It has been a while.  My life has been crazy busy the past couple of months and I think it will still be crazy but in different ways.
Right now, I feel really full.  Not physically, just mentally full.  There is so much going on in my head, thoughts stirring of things I want to accomplish, greatful for some things to be done, ready for the summer (and the rain to go away!), parenting issues, spiritual issues....I feel like I could possibly burst from it all. 
And in all of this, I have an idea simmering.  Taking on something new, I haven't quite figured it out yet but I feel God's calling, His challenge for me to go ahead with it.  It is something I am heavily praying about and just trying to let Him take me to the place I need to be.
Souds cryptic?  I know.  But I am not quite ready to share yet.  But I am getting there. 
Stay tuned...