Savannah asked me this morning, “Hey Mom, would you like the day off?”  She was not working today and school is out till fall so being the sweet girl that she is, she invited me to do whatever I want today!

I’ve heard it said that there are two types of people in the world.  One type gets their strength from being in a crowd and the other gets their strength from being alone.

I am definitely one who gets my strength from being alone.  Even if it’s just for a few minutes in the laundry room putting a load of wash in or Ruby and I out on a walk….  

But when offered a day alone?  Wow.

This is a rare privilege!  How grateful and blessed I am.

I have tucked myself away in our room where I have been listening to the same song play over and over and over {it’s played well over a 1,000 times in our home over the last 3 weeks}.  I’m sorting, praying, cleaning, praying, organizing, singing, and praying some more – reminding myself that His promises are always true – He will prevail!!

In the midst of my time I got an email from a bloggy friend named Jenn.

She asked if it was okay if she referenced our Place Called Simplicity in a blog post she’d written. Of course it was fine and I popped on her blog to read her post.  She had written about praying specifically and what she wrote ministered to my soul instantly.

I had to smile – Almighty God’s word does not ever return empty or void.  

When we focus on the word of God, the truth of who He is and remind ourselves of His promises we are always encouraged and strengthened in our faith – even if the truths were words we wrote about not that long ago!

Luke 18: 1-8