May 24, 2010

Good morning, Lord. It is my goal today to spend at least one hour with You. It won't be easy Lord, because my family is home today. Nonetheless, I need this time with You! Please help me follow through on this. I love You, Lord.

Psalm 16 says that "without You, nothing makes sense" (Message). That is so true, Lord. Help me to remember that. Help me to rely on You to make sense of my life. I am not truly happy when I am not spending time with You. You are the One who makes my life worth living.

The chapter goes on to say, "My choice is You, God, first and only. And now I find I'm your choice..." I have always been Your choice, Lord. I know that; however, You haven't always been my choice. I try to do things on my own. Help me not to lean on my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5,6). You are my choice, God. I want You to control my life. You have thrown me a lifeline, God. I've caught it and I am not letting go. I give You control of my life, Lord, the whole thing. You are in the driver's seat of my life. Help me not to be a back seat driver, Lord. Help me to follow You, without question, wherever You wish to take me. Thank You, Lord. I love You! Take me by the hand and lead me on the path of life You wish to take me and help me not to let go and take a bunny trail. I give myself wholly and completely to You.

Lord, You haven given me the gift of encouragement. Help me not to neglect it, Lord. Help me use the gift for You. Help me to encourage others for the right reasons, for the right motive. Help me not to do it with selfish motives, Lord. Keep me humble - I don't want to do it for the glory it gives me. I want to do it both for Your glory and the happiness it causes those whom I encourage.

Lord, I thank You for making each one of us unique. I love both of my children, Lord; but they are so different from each other. I thank You for that. (The rest of this paragraph I am not going to put on my blog because it is specific things about my kids.)

As long as they do their best, I'm happy. Do with them what You want. My prayer for them is that they let You use them in whatever it is You want them to be and do - wherever You want them. I am proud of both of them , Lord. Help them to know that Lord.

I love You, Lord. Good-night.