Happy New Year to All…. Trying to be clean in 2018! That’s what my young adult children are saying in this season… (Hope that means personal hygiene has increased immensely). Well, I haven’t blogged in a while so please forgive my rambling… I recently had a loss in my life. My mother died.  Although it’s been hard for me and our family, we’ve managed to put our grieving into a reflective state of mind. My sisters and brother and I wanted to reflect on how amazing she was at listening to others and having such a magnanimous spirit. She welcomed everyone to our house growing up and our life was always filled with laughter, good food and children! Lot’s of children. I guess that is why my life is always geared toward children and family so much. It was the foundation in which my parents reared us in. One of the things I remembered about my mother was the beautiful dimpled smile she had for people. That smile opened the door for communication with a friend, family member or total stranger. My mother had a profound way of encouraging and brightening someone’s day without worrying about her cares. As I explore my path of  Discovery, I am finding that I too carry these traits. My mother wasn’t a church goer, or a Bible toting scholar, but she believed in Christ Jesus, and carried Him in her heart despite the pain and suffering of her illness. It wasn’t until I kissed her goodbye that I began to realize the relationship between being a servant and being an intercessor. God never intended for us to be just merely educated by the  Holy Spirit, but be filled with it. Romans 8:26 says ” In the same way, the Holy Spirit helps us when we are weak. The Spirit prays for us. Groans too deep for words. The Spirit prays for God’s people.  We  essentially believe that Prayer is communication with God. Thereby Intercession is thought to be through Prayer. My Mother taught me that you can intercede when you reach out to someone. Through a touch,  a look, a smile, a laugh, a gift, a meal. That is intercession. It touches their spirit. It touches their soul. without the need for words. It has immense healing  properties that one could never comprehend.  I recognized that trait within my Mother, and now it has been bestowed upon me to carry…. My siblings and I sat around the kitchen table comparing the gifts we all have been blessed to have of Mom’s… whether it be her cooking, her capacity for calculating items, her love of Soap Operas, it all came down to her obedience of being a Servant of the Lord…….now it is my responsibility as well as it is for my siblings to bring intercession to others….CHANGING OF THE GUARD…… Be Blessed!