No Prayer Goes Unheard!

I was thinking about “answered prayer” today, and realized that all my prayers have been answered, even in ways I could not imagine.
There is a song by the late Eric Hansen called, “Our Thoughts are Prayers.” I know this to be true. We live and breathe and have our being in the MIND of GOD. This Mind of God is my mind and your mind now. We continually think into it and there is nothing that goes unnoticed, unheard, or unanswered. All thoughts and prayers are acted upon.

I thought about my childhood and at age 8 I declared I was going to be a teacher, to my third grade teacher. I did get my BA in Education and even did some practice teaching in the same third grade class with my original third grade teacher!

As a child I wanted a horse and I remember looking up at the stars asking God for riding lessons. Low and behold in college the students were offered Saturday riding classes and so I signed up! Funny thing though, after some lessons and a horse that threw me, I decided maybe riding lessons were not for me. My prayer was answered, and I still had a choice (with my free will) to continue or not.

Steve and I were talking about our house and how it came to us in 2003.
Steve knew immediately this was the house for us. While walking around the house outside, Steve said, “God, show me a sign.” At that moment a grapefruit from the grapefruit tree on the property rolled right down to his feet.
Inside the house I had wanted a vaulted ceiling and when we closed on the house I was happy with everything and just dismissed the vaulted ceiling since the house had everything else we wanted. After we moved in, my eyes went up to the ceiling in the living room and low and behold we had a vaulted ceiling.
I had not noticed it previously on our visits to the house. Steve at age 13, in his electric shop classes in Jr. High, saw lighted light switches on the wall. He told himself, when he owned a house, he would install those same light switches. As we walked around the inside of our new house, we discovered it had them too!

Prayers also have a way of evolving. As a new minister in 2000 I kept thinking how wonderful it would be to have a Children’s Church. I was not sure how that would manifest until my mentor minister Dr. Juanella came to me and said she had a dream of me ministering in a child church. She asked, ” Do you want that?” I immediately said ‘YES’ and the doors opened up for me on that journey. At the Child Centered Church, Steve and I started teaching children and their parents the commonalities of religions which evolved into an Interfaith Service which evolved into founding the Poway (POINT) Interfaith Team, which evolved into being part of an Interfaith Movement and being a part of the North American Interfaith Network and Parliament of World Religions. We are still joyfully meeting people of all faiths, nationalities, cultures and countries.

All thoughts are prayers and they are always answered! God always says YES.
I like the second sentence in the quote above. If God appears to say NO, it just means there is something greater for you! There is always Divine timing for all requests. Keep your thoughts on the good and the purposeful, and as the song says, “Seek a higher consciousness” in your prayers and declarations, for they
will manifest for you. Negative thoughts will also manifest so be aware and mindful….
Just KNOW your prayer in Spirit has already been answered in the right way, at the right time and with the right people – destined just for you!!!!

Sit back and listen to this beautiful song
“Our Thoughts are Prayers”
by Eric Hansen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49aSAcIZs40

OUR THOUGHTS ARE PRAYERS

Our Thoughts are Prayers
And we are always praying
Our Thoughts are Prayers
Listen to what you’re saying
Seek a higher consciousness
A state of peacefulness
And know that God is always there
And every thought becomes a prayer
Our Thoughts are Prayers
The tools that we create with
Our Thoughts are Prayers
That Spirit resonates with
Seek a higher consciousness
A state of mindfulness
And know that God is always there
And every thought becomes a prayer

Prayerfully, Abigail and Steve