When it comes to being grateful, I'm so there. When it comes to feeling loved by You, I'm so there. Father, I am there!
Yesterday, Pastor was telling the congregation about the depth of your love for us. I know that Father, I so feel your love. It just breaks my heart when I see others who don't know it and who do not believe it. Oftentimes, others kind of look at me strange as if they're wondering, "What's up with her or rather, what's wrong with me?" A look that says, "God doesn't love me like that."
I pray Father that you would reveal yourself to many who just don't feel your love. I know that most of us come from a place of brokenness and dissappointments. Most of us never had that "loving" parent. Most of us still have unmet desires from our youth and most of us are wounded children in adult bodies. But Lord, you can penetrate those wounds. YOU are a God who #can!
Yesterday, You answered a prayer in an instant. It was so amazing to me. You still amaze me. This devotional was so on time as I was just speaking with one of my sisters about this very thing. You showed her that you heard and that you care.
Thank you for that very profound message last night on WAVA. The fact that I'm living in your substance and not a shadow was so very enlightening to me. I love to hear sermons in which I am walking in your will. I do not want my way and I love that on the Ladies' Retreat, YOU told me an area of my life where I needed to surrender. I love you and I want to always be attentive to what you're trying to tell me and show me. It was apparent as I looked back and as I reflected on many things. You are a God who has it all under control and certainly don't need my interference. I know that You want the best for my kids and I long to see the goodness in You spoil over into their lives. I know that they love You and they indeed know that You are God. They have given their hearts to you and I trust that over time, they will seek your will and walk in your ways.
I'm praying day by day that I do not stray away from your truths. I don't want to get to a place in my life that your word is just another book to me. I don't want to get into a comfort zone believing that your scriptures have nothing more to teach me. I love the Pastor last night who said that Steven [Acts chapter 7] was saturated with scripture. THAT Perked up my ears in a BIG way. I want to be like Steven. I want to know the word and I want it to always be apart of my speech, apart of my life and hidden in my heart. Never do I want a day, week, month, year to come where I haven't purposed my heart to be still with you.
I know that you discipline those that you love, Hebrews 12:6. DAD, #please discipline me when I stray. PLEASE, with your tender loving discipline, hold me accountable!
Prayers: Brionna, D'Nia, Brianne, Missy, Josh, Lynnard, Rosslyn, Shayne, Dottie, Victoria, Barbara, Heather, JT., and an unspoken. Thank you for hearing, knowing and caring. In Jesus' precious and perfect name, amen.
Eternally yours
