----HEARING US FROM HEAVEN ~~

--"Hear from heaven their prayer and their plea."
--[1 Kings 8:45]--

-----At eighteen months old, little Maison had never heard his mother's voice. then doctors fitted him with his first hearing aids and his mom, Lauryn asked him, "Can you hear me?" The child's eyes lit up. "Hi baby!" Lauryn added. A smiling Maison responded to his mother with soft coos.
In tears, Lauryn knew she'd witnessed a miracle. She'd given birth to Maison prematurely after gunmen shot her three time during a random home invasion. Weighing just one pound, Maison spent 158 days in intensive care and wasn't expected to survive, let alone be able to hear.

That heart-warming story reminds me of the God who hears us. King Solomon prayed fervently for Gods attuned ear, especially during troubling times. When "there is no rain" (1 Kings 8:35), during "family or plague" disaster or disease ((v.37), war (v.44), and even sin, "hear from heaven their prayer and their plea," Solomon prayed, "and uphold their cause" (v.45) and their plea," Solomon prayed.

In His goodness, God responded with a promise that still stirs our hearts. "If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14). Heaven may seem a long way off. Yet Jesus is with those who believe in Him. God hears our prayers, and He answers them. ~~

--"Heavenly Father, during my toughest struggles and troubles, I thank You for hearing my humble cry. In Christ's Name."

--ODB/PR ~~