Dear Lord,
Today is a new day. There is much to do, but really taking a few moments at the beginning of the day to focus on you in very important. Lately I've been feeling redone, reformed, and reinforced. After admitting to myself my struggles, I got the opportunity to partake in communion, and it was so refreshing and real to me. I guess I have become tarnished lately, letting the grime of the world build up on me. Thank you for re-polishing me. Praise be to you the refiner of our faith. Over the struggling times, I would never say I lost my faith, but it was hard. I have now come to understand you better because of my trials and dark times (that I am still walking through). Lately you have been refreshing my faith and letting me experience you anew and building on the foundation of our relationship when I was a young child and through high school. Those years were pivotal, but so are these. Being 23 now and learning to take small significant independent steps is hard, but when you and I do it together it is okay.
Lord I pray for friends that will be uplifting and positive in my life. I love being around people and I just love people. But you know my struggles and my insecurities, so please be my discernment when it comes to spending my time with people. It is hard for me to be around people who constantly tear me down. Please be my uplifter through other people that you are abounding in now. Thank you for your promise to complete a good work in us. I know that sometimes I let that drop to my periphery, but that is what is very important. Thank you for all you have showed me and grown me while here at this season in my life. Please help me keep you in the lenses of glasses, because when you drop to the area my corrective lenses does not cover, I lose my footing. Thank you for your willingness to help your creation if we ask and petition you.
So Jesus thank you for revealing yourself in all situations, even in the death of a classmate. This week I attended the memorial service of a Christian student who I worked with. The service was an amazing attribute to you and your majesty and holiness. The boy's family exhaulted and testified to your faithfulness in sadness and tragedy. I really felt like you were there standing next to me and you let me worship you in a way that freed me from some bonds that seemed to constrict me lately. Thank you for that. It was a precious gift. You are big, Lord. Thank you for your plan and how you give us freedom to love you and know you. Thank you for revealing your heart to us. You care for us. You love me. God Loves Me. Thank you for that message at the service. It was exactly what I needed to hear.
Lord please be with my family, friends, and those who cross paths with me today. May my smile or words bring them comfort and love, not frustration. Thank you Jesus. Be with me today as I meet and talk to people.
Thank you for your refining fire.
In your Holy name,
Amen
