The Unexpected Blessings Along the Way

I love Fridays, yes, because it's Aloha Friday and that means either Starbucks or Coffee Bean, yes, because the weekend is almost here, but mostly these days, I look forward to Fridays because this is the day I get to join my kids in prayer for UNINTIMIDATED.
     I know I share allot of the struggles I've experienced in this journey and what I've learned from them. I've also shared many of the things God has shown me concerning faith and prayer along the way. God has impressed upon me I need to share more of the blessings, big or little that have come about as a result of this journey as well. They too are ways He uses to teach and build our faith. So here are several 'little' blessings God showered me with today.
     Today, one of our seniors joined us in praying. I invited her because she was in my room as we were preparing to pray and I suspected she had read some of the blogs I had posted. A week or so ago I had asked my sophomores to consider sharing this prayer with someone outside UNINTIMIDATED. Turns out, the senior I invited to pray with us was someone one of the girls asked to begin praying with us. Her prayer was so sweet. She lifted the sophomores up before God, encouraging them to be faithful and for God to work through them. She then prayed just as sincerely that God would protect Tim Tebow and that He would grant their request to meet him. If you didn't know, you would have thought she'd been praying with them all along.
     Speaking of them praying, I wish each of you who weren't there today could have been to hear these kids pray. How they pray for Tebow...we all could use someone praying for us like that. Their simple faith that God will fulfill this request moved me to tears as they prayed. I had shared with them some wisdom my assistant pastor's wife shared with me...to thank God for the answer He brings, before He brings it and today they were thanking God for the day they would meet Tebow. Better yet, they are already praying for his safety as he travels here. God had to be on cloud nine hearing those prayers lifted up today, I know I was.
     Tonight, a parent of one of my sophomores told me she had been reading the blogs and found them encouraging..praise God He is using these. She then thanked me for teaching these kids about this type of praying. She said she had seen spiritual growth in her child. That one statement has made every tear, every frustration, every fight, every hard-learned lesson worth it, God is working here. Oh, and she said she has been praying with us too.
     You know Steph, I think we both missed all that 'pray bigger' meant. When this started way back in January, my request was very narrow, "God, build my relationship with you through this. Let me see you do the impossible." God has so stretched this prayer to include soooooo much more than that. Yes, 'pray bigger' meant starting UNINTIMIDATED. Yes, it meant broadening out the scope of this prayer. But did you ever imagine this prayer of 'let my kids meet Tim Tebow' would net this? Tonight I count 18 people I know of praying for this request. We started out with 2. My kids, by their own testimonies, have become genuine prayer warriors. They already are producing fruit that will remain in their lives. They have gone from hoping God will answer to having a confident expectation that their God is Who He says He is that and they will meet Tim Tebow.
     I'm not exactly sure how to end this. I feel like shouting PRAISE GOD and now, hopefully, you do too because what an awesome God we are privileged to serve.