My Lord,
I love you. I love you. I love you...but you already know that!!!!
You have been my God since the beginning.
In the past, I was not inside your will and I did things my own way for a very, very long time. BUT You, My Lord, You have always been there.
I love you and I thank you for your word and your truth. This past week you have comforted me, sat with me and listened to me. You allowed me to eat, sleep, bathe, read, cry, walk, shop, pray, drive, laugh, sing, dance, visit with those that I love, study, clean up, worship, watch tv., and so much more. All things that we can oftentimes take for granted, I want to STOP and say, "thank you!!!" I ONLY have the freedom to do so much because YOU are God and because in You I am free.
I am free from sin, free from Satan's stronghold and free to make choices that align with your word. I am no longer a slave to the world, to working overtime and to the misconceptions about myself and others.
Your Light shines the "light" on truth and all the lies from the past are revealed and banished! Your blood covers all of the enemies untruths and in the center of your will is peace. There is contentment that is not hidden but available to anyone.
You are a God who is wide open and visible to all. Romans 1:20 says so. I was beyond consumed in my past life about stuff, feelings, money, control issues and other insignificant day to day things.
Thank you for being my Balance. Thank you for giving me a Spirit to pull back and rest. I love to be alone with you and I love when I'm refreshed and ready to be your hands and feet.
I love when my church family fills up my love tank and I love that YOUR Holy Sanctuary embraces me as if I'm Your only child. I love that YOU call my name and it's a voice unlike anyone else in the universe.
I love that I desire your will and I long to walk along the path that you've laid out for me. I don't want to go it alone and I know that I will make mistakes. I bask in the fact that you are right there to love me back into righteousness. I'm never condemned by my mistakes and I'm never going to have my name erased from Your book.
I thank you for showing me new scriptures this weekend and I thank you for those you have gifted to sing your praises. Singing is not my gift but I love to sing their songs to You. I love to dedicate songs and hymns to YOU! I love when those songs speak to my spirit and I feel at one with you. I love that there is nothing that can separate me from your loving arms.
Thank you for all that YOU have done for me and all that you have gifted me with. I only pray that my life is pleasing to you and that I am sharing and growing in Your Word.
I pray that I will never tire of talking about your goodness and that I am always eager to bless others with the countless and underserving blessings that you have bestowed upon my life.
Thank you for stopping the rain and thunderstorm just in time for our bible study. I prayed at 5:40 and you answered at 6:15. YOU so #answered. THAT FULL RAINBOW was INCREDIBLE. All the ladies were in awe. It was so funny. I ran out to greet you as if we had a date and you'd come to pick me up. For a few moments, I completely forgot that I was hosting. Lol
Thank you for our sweet, sweet fellowship and thank you that Mrs. Diana was able to attend. It was a long night and we loved every minute. Thank you for the provisions that you made and for the many gifts that you've uniquely gifted us with. Alice and Michelle cooked and Gina bought flowers. I gave each woman a journal with their word and a note written inside and a small jar of sand with Psalm 139:17-18 on it. They loved it. It was your Spirit that did that, not me.
I love you!
Thank you for the birthday party that you gave to Summer. Thank you for the Dobry and Good friendship and love. They so treat me like family and I love it! I just absolutely love it. I love Ellen's parent's and I also got to meet Chris' mom. She shared apart of her testimony with me and she so loves you!
Thank you for the yummy meal and cupcakes. But most of all, thank you that the girls (Summer and Tessah) just love me to pieces. A special thank you that it did not rain.
Thank you for Saturday's fun with the gran-girls. They have started a greeting card ministry and it was so much fun showing them how to make them. We were so focused, we hardly talked. They were so thrilled to see me make mine and give them all kinds of ideas. Jazmine kept saying, "Granma you are so creative."
We laughed and we prayed and we made wonderful memories. They prayed for a lot of their classmates and teachers. We had lunch and I headed back home to get ready for the work week.
YOU were there from beginning to end and I don't mean from the weekend. I mean from before my conception.
Thank you for church this morning. Thank you for the praise music, the update from our missionary family, the Carvers, and thank you for the word preached from Pastor Dario about activating and submitting to the work of the Holy Spirit. I welcome you in my life Lord, God. I so welcome you in my life. Have your way. Even when I don't feel like it and especially when I resist...have YOUR way! In Jesus' precious name, amen.
Eternally yours
