An Occasional Neon Sign Would Be Nice

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I have a friend who says the hardest thing about prayer is shutting up long enough to listen for an answer. Not only that, she says sometimes she doesn’t even realize she’s gotten an answer until a couple of weeks later. We call that the “two-week effect”–that sudden thump on your head when you realize God’s been working all along; you just weren’t paying attention.

My friend says she loves that reassurance, but the occasional neon sign dropped on her lawn would be good, too. Definitely easier to spot.

I recently had one of those two-week thumps. I’ve been asking for some reassurance, some guidance that I was on the right path, with an additional note that if I were going to continue, I was going to have to find a way to secure some extra funds.

About a week after I sent that prayer heavenward, my phone rang. Twice. After weeks on inactivity with my freelance career, I received calls from two of my contacts, asking if I could do a couple of rush jobs. Later, as I worked on one, I thought about how my writing would be a bit delayed, but the extra cash would be ni…….*thump*

I actually wept as I gave thanks. Sometimes prayer affects me that way, too.

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