Prayer is a Necessity...

You ever have one of those days where you are just TIRED?  Worn out?  I'm a get up and get going kind of guy, but every once in a while, I want to roll over at 4 or 5 am when my alarm goes off and sleep all day.  Had a day like that recently.  Just didn't want to deal with things.  Body was tired, and mind was tired, as soon as I woke up.  I didn't want to keep going with this law firm roll-out and the thought pattern just started rolling through my head that I needed to just capitulate to the demands of the rest of the world and get a normal job, work for the next thirty years, and retire, then live comfortably somewhere with my wife.  I started wondering--why not give up on this crazy dream of having my own law office?  What was I trying to prove?  

I realized I wasn't trying to prove anything.  I didn't need to have my own law firm to prove I was "successful" or smart, or blessed, or anything else.   I am doing this to help people, earn money to make a living for myself and my family, and honor God.  God has brought me this far and I will not fail, because he did not bring me where I am to see me fail.  [My wife tells me this, but phrases it as "God did not bring you this far just to dump you on your butt."]  So, yeah--failure is not something that I worry about, because God has arranged my life, all of it, to bring me to this point, with the resources that He has provided, so that it will all work out the way He always knew it would.  This is an amazing revelation.   It gave me the energy to get out of bed that morning.  Honestly, it gives me the energy to keep going most days.  I need to use the tremendous gifts I have been given to honor God by helping people plan for the "tough times" in their lives.  I am more convinced than ever that I was put on Earth to be a good son, a good husband, a good dad, and a good estate planning and elder law attorney.  I'm supposed to help others plan for the bad days in their lives (sometimes, the worst day in their lives) and in that way, somehow be a blessing to them in their time(s) of need.  

When I need motivation, I need to pray more.  I'll definitely keep working hard to make things successful in all areas of my life, but the main thing I need to do is pray more.  Won't you join me?​

Livin' on a Prayer
Sung by Bon Jovi
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Once upon a time
Not so long ago

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck it's tough
So tough
Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man
She brings home her pay for love
For love

She says, "We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot for love
We'll give it a shot"
Ohh, we're half way there
Oh-oh, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it I swear
Oh-oh, livin' on a prayer

Tommy's got his six string in hock
Now he's holding in
When he used to make it talk
So tough, ooh it's tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers "Baby it's okay
Someday"


We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot for love
We'll give it a shot

Ohh, We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it I swear
Livin' on a prayer
Livin' on a prayer

Ooh we've got to hold on, ready or not
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got

We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear
Livin' on a prayer
We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear
Livin' on a prayer
We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear