Dear God,
being a girl is so confusing. i don't suppose my feelings about the whole M situation will stay consistent any time soon, because i have been reeling left and right about it since the day he messaged me. Just please help me to remember that your love is greater! that it IS consistent, and please help me to at least know that. help me to know and feel it in my heart of hearts, in the depths of my soul, and to know and revere it so intimately (if that makes sense) that i need nothing else to sustain me. fill me with Living Water, oh Jesus. Jesus, ih how i love you. equip me with your love and JOY, and send me out into your world to spread it wherever i am. I love you Lord. Amen.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
2.27.14 #2
Dear God,
thank you for Hope's advice. thank you that i didn't get into anything with M, cause he's already moved on to another girl! i mean, good for him, but if he's just looking for a girlfriend, i don't want to be part of it. thank you. and thank you for building me up in you so that when that news came to me, i was completely fine with it. but Lord, i feel weird, as though i'm getting too involved by praying for it, but i'm worried that if those two do get in a relationship, it won't be healthy. God, ok, i admit, the only thing i've heard is gossip. i'm sorry, maybe i shouldn't have listened, but if what they say is true, then this girl is coming out of a bad relationship. maybe you've planned this for them, so that she can find a good guy and he can find someone who needs him (haha, obviously i'm not that person, although you used him in my life in a remarkable way). i ask you to help them in whatever relationship comes out of that. help them to both grow in you through this, and even if it doesn't work out, help them both to come out better. if their relationship grows and becomes marriage, i ask for you to bless their relationship. God, you have brought and taken him from my life in so quick a time, but i thank you. thank you!! he made me feel special (even though i doubt he'll ever realize it) and grew my confidence and, most importantly, my love and relationship with you!! So God, I pray blessing over him. and this girl, too. please help me to come out of this time of confusion over him with ease and grace. God, you are SO GOOD! so good.
Lord, I pray for Sarah. she is such a great friend. help her to grow in confidence, just as you have grown me in mine. be with her and keep her safe. thank you for helping her get into wellspring and for giving her such a great team!! oh, she'll have so much fun. it's so great. blow her mind with your awesomeness this semester and summer. help her to realize that you are all that matters. thank you for getting us in the same NT class and thus becoming prayer/bible reading buddies. bless her in all she does, oh Jesus.
Thank you again, Jesus, for loving me the way you do!! you are so awesome. thank you for everything. to you belongs all the power and glory, Jesus. Amen.
thank you for Hope's advice. thank you that i didn't get into anything with M, cause he's already moved on to another girl! i mean, good for him, but if he's just looking for a girlfriend, i don't want to be part of it. thank you. and thank you for building me up in you so that when that news came to me, i was completely fine with it. but Lord, i feel weird, as though i'm getting too involved by praying for it, but i'm worried that if those two do get in a relationship, it won't be healthy. God, ok, i admit, the only thing i've heard is gossip. i'm sorry, maybe i shouldn't have listened, but if what they say is true, then this girl is coming out of a bad relationship. maybe you've planned this for them, so that she can find a good guy and he can find someone who needs him (haha, obviously i'm not that person, although you used him in my life in a remarkable way). i ask you to help them in whatever relationship comes out of that. help them to both grow in you through this, and even if it doesn't work out, help them both to come out better. if their relationship grows and becomes marriage, i ask for you to bless their relationship. God, you have brought and taken him from my life in so quick a time, but i thank you. thank you!! he made me feel special (even though i doubt he'll ever realize it) and grew my confidence and, most importantly, my love and relationship with you!! So God, I pray blessing over him. and this girl, too. please help me to come out of this time of confusion over him with ease and grace. God, you are SO GOOD! so good.
Lord, I pray for Sarah. she is such a great friend. help her to grow in confidence, just as you have grown me in mine. be with her and keep her safe. thank you for helping her get into wellspring and for giving her such a great team!! oh, she'll have so much fun. it's so great. blow her mind with your awesomeness this semester and summer. help her to realize that you are all that matters. thank you for getting us in the same NT class and thus becoming prayer/bible reading buddies. bless her in all she does, oh Jesus.
Thank you again, Jesus, for loving me the way you do!! you are so awesome. thank you for everything. to you belongs all the power and glory, Jesus. Amen.
2.27.14
back-story: okay, today is thursday, so two sundays ago, a guy (we'll call him M) on campus friended and messaged me on fb. he basically just said that he thought my hair was wonderful, mentioning that he hoped he wasn't being creepy by saying so. when i got his message, i sorta flipped out a little, not sure if i was happy or disgusted to receive the message. at that time, i think i was mainly just weirded out. like, why would someone tell ME that? I never get attention from boys, so what is this guy up to? does he just do this to every girl? is he just a weirdo or is he just being nice? he messaged me 2 more times last week; it the first, he just seemed to be trying to recruit people to come to some event, and the second was an accidental message that was supposed to go to his dad. throughout this whole time, my emotions were going crazy! i initially had a little ego-boost high, like "wow, someone actually might think i'm attractive!" but then it crashed and i ended up crying out to God about how no guy found me attractive in any way and that i was a miserable wreck of a girl. man, M could've had no idea the turmoil he'd put me through just by one message. haha. anyway, he finally messaged me again last friday asking if i wanted to hang out or play pool with him sometime. i kinda flipped out. i did NOT want to go out with a guy i never talked to before, and i was WAY weirded out at this point. so i went to my RA about it, and she wrote up a message that basically said "hey, that's really nice of you, but i'm not looking for a relationship. thanks anyway." except a little nicer. but then he responded really nicely and said he just thought i seemed like a cool person, that he wasn't talking about a date, and he was sorry if i was creeped out. i told him i'd be fine being friends, but no more than that.
So, since then, i've been noticing that he's different than i thought. he actually seems pretty cool and like he's a solid guy. this week has been even MORE confusing than last. i've been up in the air wondering whether i DO want a boyfriend, or i DONT want a boyfriend, and it's just been kinda crazy. I noticed that i didn't want to lose this guy's attention or his attraction to me. not many guys seem to find me attractive, so it was something that made me feel uber special and pretty. but then i realized that this guy's "love" would never be like Jesus' love. M's attraction to me is going to fade away. it is. he isn't going to keep pursuing me (heck, i did tell him not to) and he's going to get completely over me and find another girl who he likes way more than he ever would me. BUT, Jesus will always love me. he loves me more than M ever could, and he'll love me WAYY longer than M ever will. only Jesus can fill that need for love in my life. This whole process has shown me that i am nooott ready for a relationship with a guy, but that my relationship with Jesus should be strong enough to compensate for the love of all the guys on the earth.
Dear God, thank you for putting me through all that. i love seeing how you answer my prayers. even though i have come to grips (with your help) with the fact that M's attention will leave, you have taught me so ooo much. i am more confident in myself now. i am more confident in YOU. and my love for you and others has grown so much. only by your spirit was this possible, Lord. you work wonders out of the most ordinary, small things, like a guy's crush. thank you. thank you for helping me walk out of this gracefully, instead of nose diving into a potential relationship with a guy i don't even know. without you, i may have said yes to that date (even if he didn't call it that). thank you for giving me great girls to help me through, and a fantastic Bible to read to help me remember that your love is enough. you're so great. God, I pray for M. I really do feel bad that he has to feel this rejection from me. it's a really horrible feeling -- i certainly know that. please help him to grow stronger in his faith in You through this as well. help him to come out of it in a deeper relationship with you and a greater capacity to love and cherish. help him to find a great girl who will fulfill the role of companionship, even if it's not me. be with him. sort out those confused feelings he may be having. give him friends to help. i know that i would not be NEARLY as clear headed about this as i am if it werent for my girl friends i had to talk to. THANK YOU for them, God. thankyouthankyouthankyou. i am so blessed. you are so great. help me to love others with a love that surpasses understanding. help me to love others as much/more than myself. equip me with your Spirit, God, that i may follow you in obedience today. let me feel your love, so that I can show it to others. let me feel your love now, so that on those days in the future when i don't, i'll still know it's there. help me to grow in you so that i don't need the feelings to know you're there and to obey your Spirit. equip me today with your love and care for others. equip me with your Spirit. and to you be the glory, power, and praise in my life and in all the world. AMEN
So, since then, i've been noticing that he's different than i thought. he actually seems pretty cool and like he's a solid guy. this week has been even MORE confusing than last. i've been up in the air wondering whether i DO want a boyfriend, or i DONT want a boyfriend, and it's just been kinda crazy. I noticed that i didn't want to lose this guy's attention or his attraction to me. not many guys seem to find me attractive, so it was something that made me feel uber special and pretty. but then i realized that this guy's "love" would never be like Jesus' love. M's attraction to me is going to fade away. it is. he isn't going to keep pursuing me (heck, i did tell him not to) and he's going to get completely over me and find another girl who he likes way more than he ever would me. BUT, Jesus will always love me. he loves me more than M ever could, and he'll love me WAYY longer than M ever will. only Jesus can fill that need for love in my life. This whole process has shown me that i am nooott ready for a relationship with a guy, but that my relationship with Jesus should be strong enough to compensate for the love of all the guys on the earth.
Dear God, thank you for putting me through all that. i love seeing how you answer my prayers. even though i have come to grips (with your help) with the fact that M's attention will leave, you have taught me so ooo much. i am more confident in myself now. i am more confident in YOU. and my love for you and others has grown so much. only by your spirit was this possible, Lord. you work wonders out of the most ordinary, small things, like a guy's crush. thank you. thank you for helping me walk out of this gracefully, instead of nose diving into a potential relationship with a guy i don't even know. without you, i may have said yes to that date (even if he didn't call it that). thank you for giving me great girls to help me through, and a fantastic Bible to read to help me remember that your love is enough. you're so great. God, I pray for M. I really do feel bad that he has to feel this rejection from me. it's a really horrible feeling -- i certainly know that. please help him to grow stronger in his faith in You through this as well. help him to come out of it in a deeper relationship with you and a greater capacity to love and cherish. help him to find a great girl who will fulfill the role of companionship, even if it's not me. be with him. sort out those confused feelings he may be having. give him friends to help. i know that i would not be NEARLY as clear headed about this as i am if it werent for my girl friends i had to talk to. THANK YOU for them, God. thankyouthankyouthankyou. i am so blessed. you are so great. help me to love others with a love that surpasses understanding. help me to love others as much/more than myself. equip me with your Spirit, God, that i may follow you in obedience today. let me feel your love, so that I can show it to others. let me feel your love now, so that on those days in the future when i don't, i'll still know it's there. help me to grow in you so that i don't need the feelings to know you're there and to obey your Spirit. equip me today with your love and care for others. equip me with your Spirit. and to you be the glory, power, and praise in my life and in all the world. AMEN
Saturday, February 15, 2014
2.15.14
Dear Father,
great is your faithfulness. Oh Lord, thank you for being here fore me. for years i prayed for friends, and you have given them to me here. thank you for them. bless Sarah today; help her to live every day for you and strengthen her trust and faith in you. be with her and her wellspring group; help them to grow in community together and to have a great impact for you on the kids they play for. give her inner peace, Jesus, about classes and herself. help her to truly grow in her confidence and help her to learn not to over-think things; remind her that you've got her back! Help her to continue working out, and thank you that she is physically able to work out and that her body runs so well. please help her to learn not to judge others so much. thank you so much, God, for guiding her to wellspring! praise be to you; you have given her such a wonderful talent.
Jesus, help me. i don't know why, but i just don't like to pray. help me to enjoy it again. help me to keep doing it, cause i know that if i just stop, it's not going to be good. i love you, Lord. send me your Spirit today, and help me to recognize His voice. Equip me with humility and Spiritual wisdom and, most of all, love. May I love others as you love me, Jesus! all the praise, glory, and honor in my life and in everything else, be to you, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen.
great is your faithfulness. Oh Lord, thank you for being here fore me. for years i prayed for friends, and you have given them to me here. thank you for them. bless Sarah today; help her to live every day for you and strengthen her trust and faith in you. be with her and her wellspring group; help them to grow in community together and to have a great impact for you on the kids they play for. give her inner peace, Jesus, about classes and herself. help her to truly grow in her confidence and help her to learn not to over-think things; remind her that you've got her back! Help her to continue working out, and thank you that she is physically able to work out and that her body runs so well. please help her to learn not to judge others so much. thank you so much, God, for guiding her to wellspring! praise be to you; you have given her such a wonderful talent.
Jesus, help me. i don't know why, but i just don't like to pray. help me to enjoy it again. help me to keep doing it, cause i know that if i just stop, it's not going to be good. i love you, Lord. send me your Spirit today, and help me to recognize His voice. Equip me with humility and Spiritual wisdom and, most of all, love. May I love others as you love me, Jesus! all the praise, glory, and honor in my life and in everything else, be to you, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen.
Monday, February 10, 2014
2.10.14
Dear Father,
Thank you for all of the blessings you have given me. I know I say that a lot, but you have so truly blessed me in every way. you have given me a brain that learns, a family that loves, faithful friends, food for every meal (and between), clothes to stay warm, happiness, joy, and so many lovely and wonderful things. Lord, I live a life of excess. i really don't need a lot of the stuff i have. you have blessed me beyond compare. all the little hiccups i've had in my life pale in comparison to those of others. yet who am i to have been so blessed? i have on deserving of it. i, who sins constantly, who rebels against your Spirit daily, who is self-indulgent, selfish, mean -cruel, even - earthly, and horrible. you have chosen to bless me? oh Lord, your ways are mysterious. great and awesome are you, Jesus. you choose no favorites. we are all one and the same in you. great and forgiving and merciful are you, Father, to pour blessing on one such as I. i know it has nothing to do with my importance or my grace, but it is your grace and generosity. how am i to repay you for it all? look, even this whole paragraph has been circling around me.
Let's try glorifying you, Lord, for what you have done outside of me:
You, oh God, made the heavens and the earth. you made the daily beauty that surrounds humankind daily. you have made it so intricate, so detailed, so wondrous that the simplest cell is enormously complex. the people of this earth has only just begun discovering cells and microscopic organisms and tissues, but they have been awe-stricken for thousands and thousands of years at the macroscopic aspects of your creation. your mountains, your valleys, your trees and stars and flowers... your people. we have been made so perfectly. we have been made to work without needing to think about it. Lord, it shows us just how helpless we are. the vital, physical parts of our existence are not even controlled by us. we don't tell our heart to start beating or our brain to keep working. you have designed us so that we don't even have to think about it, it just happens. how amazing is that?
Hallelujah!
praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights. praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts. praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. praise him, highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens.let them praise the name of Yahweh, for he commanded, and they were created. Ps. 148:1-5
Equip me with your Spirit, Lord, as I walk with you today.
Thank you for all of the blessings you have given me. I know I say that a lot, but you have so truly blessed me in every way. you have given me a brain that learns, a family that loves, faithful friends, food for every meal (and between), clothes to stay warm, happiness, joy, and so many lovely and wonderful things. Lord, I live a life of excess. i really don't need a lot of the stuff i have. you have blessed me beyond compare. all the little hiccups i've had in my life pale in comparison to those of others. yet who am i to have been so blessed? i have on deserving of it. i, who sins constantly, who rebels against your Spirit daily, who is self-indulgent, selfish, mean -cruel, even - earthly, and horrible. you have chosen to bless me? oh Lord, your ways are mysterious. great and awesome are you, Jesus. you choose no favorites. we are all one and the same in you. great and forgiving and merciful are you, Father, to pour blessing on one such as I. i know it has nothing to do with my importance or my grace, but it is your grace and generosity. how am i to repay you for it all? look, even this whole paragraph has been circling around me.
Let's try glorifying you, Lord, for what you have done outside of me:
You, oh God, made the heavens and the earth. you made the daily beauty that surrounds humankind daily. you have made it so intricate, so detailed, so wondrous that the simplest cell is enormously complex. the people of this earth has only just begun discovering cells and microscopic organisms and tissues, but they have been awe-stricken for thousands and thousands of years at the macroscopic aspects of your creation. your mountains, your valleys, your trees and stars and flowers... your people. we have been made so perfectly. we have been made to work without needing to think about it. Lord, it shows us just how helpless we are. the vital, physical parts of our existence are not even controlled by us. we don't tell our heart to start beating or our brain to keep working. you have designed us so that we don't even have to think about it, it just happens. how amazing is that?
Hallelujah!
praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights. praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts. praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. praise him, highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens.let them praise the name of Yahweh, for he commanded, and they were created. Ps. 148:1-5
Equip me with your Spirit, Lord, as I walk with you today.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
2.5.14
Dear God,
thank you for Kelly. we've been talking a lot about you and heaven and other related topics lately, which is something i've always wanted to be able to do with my friends. she challenges my ideas, which forces me to think it through more thoroughly than i would otherwise. thank you for that. praise you, God, my classes went so well yesterday! thank you for helping me with my words during panel, and please help me to get better at the "um" game. I'm sooo bad! haha. praise you, God, for helping me to feel more motivated to study for my science classes; please help the inspiration to only get stronger, and help my enthusiasm for the subject to grow. help poor haley with her spanish class. help it to get easier for her and her classmates; be with them and help it to catch on in their minds. send your Spirit down on me today, Lord Jesus. guide me throughout today, and help me to live every moment for you. guide me to places where i can help grow others in their faith; use me in your plan for the expansion of your kingdom. be with me this semester as i encounter situations in which i am forced out of my comfort zone. may i lean on you the entire time and grow in faith. praise be to you, Father; all the glory to you. Amen.
thank you for Kelly. we've been talking a lot about you and heaven and other related topics lately, which is something i've always wanted to be able to do with my friends. she challenges my ideas, which forces me to think it through more thoroughly than i would otherwise. thank you for that. praise you, God, my classes went so well yesterday! thank you for helping me with my words during panel, and please help me to get better at the "um" game. I'm sooo bad! haha. praise you, God, for helping me to feel more motivated to study for my science classes; please help the inspiration to only get stronger, and help my enthusiasm for the subject to grow. help poor haley with her spanish class. help it to get easier for her and her classmates; be with them and help it to catch on in their minds. send your Spirit down on me today, Lord Jesus. guide me throughout today, and help me to live every moment for you. guide me to places where i can help grow others in their faith; use me in your plan for the expansion of your kingdom. be with me this semester as i encounter situations in which i am forced out of my comfort zone. may i lean on you the entire time and grow in faith. praise be to you, Father; all the glory to you. Amen.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
2.2.14
O Lord,
you have so blessed me. thank you for giving me my roommate. she's incredible, and i don't know what i'd do without her! really, i don't. you have blessed me beyond compare.thank you for supplying food for me every day. i take it all for granted, but so many people around the world don't have it every day. ...i can't imagine. oh Lord, sometimes i just want to give all i have to the poor... then other times i'm too selfish. Jesus, help me. you are the master at caring for others. how can i care for others like you? o, but i'm so selfish! help me to care for others as much as (or more than) i do myself! oh Lord. remind me that i'm saved by grace and faith, not works. you have blessed me with so much; please, bless me again with faith and love. send me your holy Spirit, that i may learn to be obedient to you and submissive.
also be with Sarah Y. today. help her to grow in confidence and faith, Lord.
to Jesus Christ be the glory, honor, and praise forever. amen.
you have so blessed me. thank you for giving me my roommate. she's incredible, and i don't know what i'd do without her! really, i don't. you have blessed me beyond compare.thank you for supplying food for me every day. i take it all for granted, but so many people around the world don't have it every day. ...i can't imagine. oh Lord, sometimes i just want to give all i have to the poor... then other times i'm too selfish. Jesus, help me. you are the master at caring for others. how can i care for others like you? o, but i'm so selfish! help me to care for others as much as (or more than) i do myself! oh Lord. remind me that i'm saved by grace and faith, not works. you have blessed me with so much; please, bless me again with faith and love. send me your holy Spirit, that i may learn to be obedient to you and submissive.
also be with Sarah Y. today. help her to grow in confidence and faith, Lord.
to Jesus Christ be the glory, honor, and praise forever. amen.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
1.2.14
Dear God,
thank you for helping to make my first days of this semester so good. I think i'm going to like my professors; they are such great men/women of your heart!! thank you for putting them into my life, and help me to form relationships with them all. praise me to your name, oh God, you have called me back. forgive me for straying from you this past week. I've been a bit of a mess, but I want to come back. You are high and mighty, great and glorious, Lord. Jesus, thank you for all you've done. may it never become "old news" to me!! Oh God, descend your Holy Spirit on me again. lead me today and show me what's right and what is wrong. to you be the glory in all the good things I do.
oh Jesus, thank you for Sarah. she's such a great friend to have, and she is so blessed because of you. oh Lord, praise be to you, you have given her a gift, and she's been given the chance to use it for you! thank you for helping her to make it onto Wellspring. help her to be calm and confident in her abilities and in YOU. help her to make friends with her co-workers early, help her nerves, and help her to grow into the leadership position with grace and humility. please bless that group of people; keep them all safe this summer, and help there to be good group dynamics between them -- and if any relationships form, please keep it from making the rest of them feel awkward. Thank you, also Lord, that she has such a great floor! and core, too. praise be to you, you have helped her get into a great group of girls who all love you and love Sarah. although, Lord, she wants to make some new guy friends. help the other guy-friendships she has to strengthen, and help her to make more if she really needs them. You know best, God, and it may be that she does have plenty of guy friends, she just hasn't taken the time to look around her and see them. give her contentment in the relationships she has, and help her circle of friends (though it doesn't have to be close friends) to gradually widen. Oh God, she had so much trouble with her roommate last semester, but look at this one that you've provided now!! thank you for giving her Ashley. she's soooo great, and truly a gift from you. be with Daylin at home, and help her to find a great group of friends there -- if she hasn't already. bless -- oh, bless! -- her, God. she has had quite an amount of trials in her life, yet she's such a sweet, kind girl. bless everything she does, Jesus. help sarah in her other relationships -- namely with Hannah. please help them to either reconcile or come to some sort of closure. you know what's best for them (I certainly don't!), and please help them to work everything out; whether it restores or officially ends the relationship. I, of course, pray for restoration, but Hannah... you still give us free will, and I don't know if she'll let that happen. But you are still God, and you can greatly influence the situation. help them to at least get to the friendly "hello" place. and God, be with Sarah this semester. help her to do great in her classes and learn a ton and make good relationships with her classmates and professors. help her to stay on top of her Bible reading, and keep her growing in her relationship with you. she doesn't know what's wrong with her shoulder, but please help everything to be okay and help the pain to go away, or help her to figure out what's wrong somehow. Oh Lord, help her confidence to grow! she's such a great girl, and please show her that there is no reason for her to be self-conscious. help her to realize that the way you made her is fantastic, and she should just be herself. give her patience with herself and others; diligence in her classes; and to embrace her personality. finally, God, thank you that Sarah got to come to SAU, and that Marisa was able to visit last weekend. Sarah has been such a blessing to me since I've been here, and she said that Marisa really seemed to figure some things out about you and herself while she was here. thank you, God, for your infinite blessings. you are soooooo great and awe-inspiring.
to you be the glory, praise, and honor forever and ever, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!
thank you for helping to make my first days of this semester so good. I think i'm going to like my professors; they are such great men/women of your heart!! thank you for putting them into my life, and help me to form relationships with them all. praise me to your name, oh God, you have called me back. forgive me for straying from you this past week. I've been a bit of a mess, but I want to come back. You are high and mighty, great and glorious, Lord. Jesus, thank you for all you've done. may it never become "old news" to me!! Oh God, descend your Holy Spirit on me again. lead me today and show me what's right and what is wrong. to you be the glory in all the good things I do.
oh Jesus, thank you for Sarah. she's such a great friend to have, and she is so blessed because of you. oh Lord, praise be to you, you have given her a gift, and she's been given the chance to use it for you! thank you for helping her to make it onto Wellspring. help her to be calm and confident in her abilities and in YOU. help her to make friends with her co-workers early, help her nerves, and help her to grow into the leadership position with grace and humility. please bless that group of people; keep them all safe this summer, and help there to be good group dynamics between them -- and if any relationships form, please keep it from making the rest of them feel awkward. Thank you, also Lord, that she has such a great floor! and core, too. praise be to you, you have helped her get into a great group of girls who all love you and love Sarah. although, Lord, she wants to make some new guy friends. help the other guy-friendships she has to strengthen, and help her to make more if she really needs them. You know best, God, and it may be that she does have plenty of guy friends, she just hasn't taken the time to look around her and see them. give her contentment in the relationships she has, and help her circle of friends (though it doesn't have to be close friends) to gradually widen. Oh God, she had so much trouble with her roommate last semester, but look at this one that you've provided now!! thank you for giving her Ashley. she's soooo great, and truly a gift from you. be with Daylin at home, and help her to find a great group of friends there -- if she hasn't already. bless -- oh, bless! -- her, God. she has had quite an amount of trials in her life, yet she's such a sweet, kind girl. bless everything she does, Jesus. help sarah in her other relationships -- namely with Hannah. please help them to either reconcile or come to some sort of closure. you know what's best for them (I certainly don't!), and please help them to work everything out; whether it restores or officially ends the relationship. I, of course, pray for restoration, but Hannah... you still give us free will, and I don't know if she'll let that happen. But you are still God, and you can greatly influence the situation. help them to at least get to the friendly "hello" place. and God, be with Sarah this semester. help her to do great in her classes and learn a ton and make good relationships with her classmates and professors. help her to stay on top of her Bible reading, and keep her growing in her relationship with you. she doesn't know what's wrong with her shoulder, but please help everything to be okay and help the pain to go away, or help her to figure out what's wrong somehow. Oh Lord, help her confidence to grow! she's such a great girl, and please show her that there is no reason for her to be self-conscious. help her to realize that the way you made her is fantastic, and she should just be herself. give her patience with herself and others; diligence in her classes; and to embrace her personality. finally, God, thank you that Sarah got to come to SAU, and that Marisa was able to visit last weekend. Sarah has been such a blessing to me since I've been here, and she said that Marisa really seemed to figure some things out about you and herself while she was here. thank you, God, for your infinite blessings. you are soooooo great and awe-inspiring.
to you be the glory, praise, and honor forever and ever, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!
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