Lord God,
Thank you for knowing my innermost being. For loving me. For desiring for me to take part in your plans to transform lives and make disciples. Lord, I think I have at times developed a big head regarding the blessings you have given me. Father, at the core I know that they are only because of Your strength, and Your wisdom, and Your graciousness that anything could be made out of my mess of a heart. But sometimes I get swept up in the whirlwind that I begin to lose sight, and am tempted to take credit. Please continue to remind me that you are in the business of using divine nobodies. And I truly am a nobody, caught in the arms of your love. Thanks for continuing to stun me with your unfolding plans. I ask that you would continue to make yourself known as I choose to walk in the murky waters of serving you.
Lord, my heart and my flesh sometimes pull me in opposite directions. I pray that I would make decisions with you and not on my own. Lord, so often I lean on my own understanding. I try to "muscle it." I try desperately to manipulate situations to match what I've dreamed up in my mind. But Lord, I pray that you will help my heart be open to roads that may look very different from what I have dreamed up in my mind. I am so thankful that I can fully trust that no matter what road I go down, if I am seeking you, you will use that situation.
You are so faithful God. I have been blessed by so many people you have brought into my path the last few months. I pray for each of these friendships, Lord, that we would be refined through them. Lord--I pray for a humble heart that would approach others as a fellow nomad, hopelessly following your path--wherever it may lead. Lord, in the moments where I question the way you have designed my personality, I pray that at the same time I can shout praise for my weaknesses. Father it's in the celebration of my weaknesses, I pray that others would be able to celebrate their own. Because you don't want perfect people. You want willing people.
Looking at the month ahead, I ask that you would continue to capture and penetrate my heart. Father, I pray that I wouldn't be left stagnant, but would hear your precious words daily that will direct my path.
You are good, father. No one compares to you!
Love,
A
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