I had mentioned earlier in the week that I was really feeling down about things. My critical eye had been gazing at myself rather harshly lately. I’m my own worst critic. It’s amazing how when you’re down, God really knows how to pick you back up. This time it happened through people writing me letters. I received three of them this week.

The first one came from someone I know, but didn’t really realize they keep an eye on our ministry here. It simply said:

“Thank you for being willing to be tired often, but still keep going, going, going.”

Then about midweek, one of my best friends, who knows I’ve been struggling lately, sent me this email.

“Hey, tell Stuart to lighten up on Stuart… We never really know what God is doing with out lives and what it is he is showing us, giving us, or taking away for our own good, but we trust that He is God and that He loves us, and today that is more than enough. He loves you Stuart and wants good things for you, your family, and YD. Continue as you always do to keep Him first, the family second, and YD third and He will do much of the work for you. Let Him work out the hard stuff and you just follow His lead…”

Then later that day, I received this letter from a friend that read:

“You are a warrior in the battle for the souls of young men and women. Remember that the battle is the Lords. He will make you victorious and brave and stout hearted…”

I had prayed for encouragement this week and it came pouring in. It’s amazing how God uses other people in your life to accomplish His will.

Prayer does work, so I had an idea. I’m setting up another page on my blog for prayer. I’ll post weekly my prayer requests. You post your prayer requests. I’ll pray for you. You pray for me. It will be amazing to see what God will do.

So look for the “PRAYER CORNER” page that appears at the top of this page.