My Lord,

Today, again you have blessed me with new grace.  Underserving and humbling, I accept.  In your mighty, mighty presence this morning, again, I weep.  Your stars that hang one by one, named personally by you for my enjoyment.  I long to stand in your presence and stare, quietly.  Not making a single sound or movement, just being.

You make it so easy to love you and yet I find that I cannot love you enough, or should I say express it enough.  And as I just typed that, I hear you saying that I don't have to impress you.  I don't have to make any grand gestures or exhaust myself trying to please you.  All I have to do is believe that I am a child of the most High God of the Universe and rest in your love.  All I have to do is read your word, make time for you in the private places of my heart and believe that your promises are true.

That my Lord, I can do, I want to do and I will do.  I need you to help me keep the promises that I make to myself.  I need you to continue to guide my steps and my words.  I need you to help me speak of your unconditional love to others and I need you to help me in the difficult times when the world is oftentimes consumed with itself.  I need you to keep your glorious light above me and around me so that others will want to know how it is that I am in perfect peace and continual joy when the world seems to be in such chaos.

That my Lord is my prayer for the coming year.  In your presence is where I long to stay, help me walk day by day.  In Jesus precious name, amen.

Eternally yours