God is so Cool

I still find it so amazing that I have been so blind to the things that should have been so obvious.

Like the fact that when I would get home every day to my apartment that was built in the early 70's I would get tired and always seemed to need to take a nap and would generally feel ill.

I was driving home from work one day last week and talking to God, thanking him for the wonderful day at work I had just had and the wonderful weather, when I started thinking about the fact that I was feeling wonderful, just as I had last Sunday after Church. I began to pray that God send his Angels and in Jesus name they would disband any evil spirits, residual negative or otherwise harmful residue left by so many years people passing through the complex where we live. Let all of the pain, fear, and anger left by people go away.

I wondered at first why I thought of this prayer and then I thought of the friends that I have that follow magic and druidic paths often have rituals where they will bless the house to have the negativity leave the house.

If the earth spirits could protect a home from negativity then God is no contest when it comes to protecting me and my home. Not only could God take care of all the negative garbage left in the area from all the years of who knows who and what has gone on in the apartments where we live he will do it just because I asked it in His name. For it is written; "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." (John 14:14 NIV)

With this in mind I was inspired to also pray
God I ask you to send your Angels in the name of Jesus Christ to protect the people living at my housing complex. I know that you can not take away free choice and you can use adversity in the lives of people to bring them closer to you. I ask you though to send your angels to turn the anger aside if it is present so that something distracts the angry to re-direct the anger and the violence away from the innocent, and the not so innocent to minimize the damage as much as possible. Lord, I know you are never far from any of your children. I pray that this community begins to feel your presence more and more and that this becomes a place of safety and peace.

I continue to be supposed that I have never before thought to pray for such simple, yet important things. I have always been very sensitive to the emotions of other people and animals. I know that people can drain my good feelings and by going to church and singing songs, especially for God I generate positive feelings. Why did it never occur to me to ask God to protect me form the negative emotions and the feelings that drain me. If a Church can give you safe feeling of peace just by walking in the doors then why couldn't an apartment where you have not only heard people fighting and seen the police called out but know there have been years before you came and know nothing of it's history possibly not have negative baggage that God would be happy to take care of for you if we just ask?

As far as asking God to protect the kids and the abused that I know live in this community. I believe that God gave us free will and he has left it to us to ask him for help. I can't expect him to take away someones free will. That goes against his design for us. However, we can pray that the damage done by one persons free will is minimized when it is used against another person. We can pray that people find help when they need it. That they find God and come to a place of peace within themselves.

Since I first got this heads up from God and prayed that he clean up our neighborhood I have only had one day where I was totally wiped out and slept all day. Mike figured out why that was. He went outside and all the cars were green from the pollen and we had a major storm front come through. Other then that one Saturday I have had as much energy when I get home as I have had during the day and I no longer crash as soon as I get home.