Abba Father,
My head is filled with "if-only"s and "what-if"s. This has never been helpful but it is a habit hard to break. Help me cling to You rather than my own hopes, fears and expectations. You remind us so often that You love us unconditionally while also working for our highest good. Wallowing in "if-only" and "what-if" has never been a successful path to a higher good, but instead keeps me mired in old bad habits.
Today, God, keep nudging me to remember Your promises and help me embrace choices and behaviors that keep me in line with Your Will. Your Will is filled with endurance for the long race, with hope for the things truly needed. Protect me from the shiny objects, those hurts, habits and hang-ups that too often distract from Your amazing love for me, and I ask this also for those I love.
We are in the high weeds here, God, and we so deeply need to keep our eyes on You, our hope in You, leaning on Your strength. That is easier today because I haven't much strength of my own to get in the way. So I will choose to say: "Thanks for the challenges of today because they make it so clear that my hope is in You alone. AMEN"
"For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” Psalm 149: 4
My head is filled with "if-only"s and "what-if"s. This has never been helpful but it is a habit hard to break. Help me cling to You rather than my own hopes, fears and expectations. You remind us so often that You love us unconditionally while also working for our highest good. Wallowing in "if-only" and "what-if" has never been a successful path to a higher good, but instead keeps me mired in old bad habits.
Today, God, keep nudging me to remember Your promises and help me embrace choices and behaviors that keep me in line with Your Will. Your Will is filled with endurance for the long race, with hope for the things truly needed. Protect me from the shiny objects, those hurts, habits and hang-ups that too often distract from Your amazing love for me, and I ask this also for those I love.
We are in the high weeds here, God, and we so deeply need to keep our eyes on You, our hope in You, leaning on Your strength. That is easier today because I haven't much strength of my own to get in the way. So I will choose to say: "Thanks for the challenges of today because they make it so clear that my hope is in You alone. AMEN"
"For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” Psalm 149: 4
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