Last night I watched Bill Moyers series on Faith and Reason. One of his guests Mary Gordon, a prolific author and professor, was asked " What is prayer?" Her response was that prayer is "having something to say and having someone to say it to." Sounds like blogging to me.
As a novice blogger I was recently having technical difficulty in that a couple of my postings had inadvertently been duplicated in production. Unable to figure out a solution from the options on the website I put out a blog posting explaining my predicament and asking for help. There were no helpful comments in response but suddenly the duplicate listing of blogs vanished and my site is now how I wanted it to be. I don't know who or what in the Internet ether brought that about. Could it be have been an example of "Divine Intervention?"
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Charles Stanley had a sermon on prayer based on Colossians 1:9-14, I believe. It was more meaningful to me than Mary Gordon's comment.
He interpreted this passage as prayer involving seeking God's will for the person/situation being prayed for, seeking to walk in the manner of Christ, being fruitful along the pathway, seeking to gain greater knowledge of God in the process, and gaining power from the power of the Holy Spirit. There may have been another point of two from Charles Stanley, but this is what I recall.
He said that prayer should be God-centered, not person-centered, as he often expounds on seeking no matter what the circumstances in one's life, to focus on Christ, the sovereingty(sic) of God, the Holy Spirit, and the potential positive outcome.
We originally looked at Del Webb in Sun City West, AZ(now Pulte Homes) as an investment. We chose Corte Bella, a 1650 home gated community and built near the first hole on the golf course.
I contracted shingles which began to force my hand toward retirement, or at least slowing down. After the home was completed in Oct. 2004, we traveled out her about 2 weeks per month. We finalized the move about one year later, ie last fall.
You can get virtual tour of Corte Bella but going online at http://www.cortebella.com. We chose the featured model: En Canto. As I get to know the homes better, I think I would have chosen the Alameda, which seems like a better value, although we like the larger kitchen.
Good luck in your decision where to move and the timing.