Dear Father,
Thank you for putting people in my life that care for me and make it so clear that they love me. Those people I need to recognize more often, and I need to be able to be more grateful for the blessing you give to me through them. You put those people in my life as a source of strength through encouragement and love. I want to be able to acknowledge that more and more and not simply regard them as just people that have found their ways closer to my life. Thank you for giving me such a loving family. We've struggled a lot through the years, but you have been so faithful to us. My family's love and closeness is a truly a testament to how wonderful you are and how you are able to work in peoples' lives according to your goodness.
Father, at this time I really need your help to give me more devotion to the things I have to do each and every day. It's really easy for me right now to shirk even the most urgent responsibilities, and I don't really know what is causing this laziness. So as I continue to pray about this, please help uncover the deeper causes of this problem so that ultimately, I can find purpose according to where you desire me to go.
Time is passing so quickly. I hope I don't too caught up in the fast-paced race of life and overlook the directions you are giving me constantly. Lord, I want to hear you and know what your heart is trying to speak to me everyday.
Thank you for your unending love. Amen.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
6/14/11
Dear Father,
Thank you for being so good to me. When I take time to think and reflect on the ways you are active and working in my life, I can't find any place or any instance where I can complain about what you've done. Your promise to me is that you will make my paths straight, and I have faith that you're in the process of doing that even now. So help me to continue to put my trust in your ways which are higher than the ones that I envision for myself. At the moment, I'm in the beginning stages of working on my medical school applications, so even in this, God, please direct my thoughts, form my motivations and may it be your desires that drive my passions to do well and work diligently.
Thank you for the wonderful blessing you've given to me through giving me work at Jacobi Medical Center. Evidence that you've deliberately brought me here is so clear even this early on, so I pray that I would not lose this heart of gratitude and work according to your calling for me in the workplace. I pray that you would continue to lead me to conversations with patients about faith, with co-workers and whoever you draw me towards. I also pray that you would be teaching me as well through my experience working at this hospital.
I pray for renewal in my life. You say that your mercies are new every morning. I feel like I carry a lot of baggage. Past relationships that went sour and a lot of loose ends. God, my my perspective on these circumstances in my life that are weighing me down not be one of remorse, guilt and self-pity, but help me to look to your cross and the work you did so that I could acknowledge your sacrifice. And by acknowledging it, I may know and understand that your grace and mercies are indeed never ending. God, may I live by that amazing promise and that amazing truth. May I be confident that I am made holy by your blood and that I can stand upright in your presence not because I am perfect on my own terms, but because you've made me perfect.
Please continue to grow my heart to want you more. To know you deeper and to grow in my relationship with you. You are so good to me. I can't deny that.
To you, Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Thank you for being so good to me. When I take time to think and reflect on the ways you are active and working in my life, I can't find any place or any instance where I can complain about what you've done. Your promise to me is that you will make my paths straight, and I have faith that you're in the process of doing that even now. So help me to continue to put my trust in your ways which are higher than the ones that I envision for myself. At the moment, I'm in the beginning stages of working on my medical school applications, so even in this, God, please direct my thoughts, form my motivations and may it be your desires that drive my passions to do well and work diligently.
Thank you for the wonderful blessing you've given to me through giving me work at Jacobi Medical Center. Evidence that you've deliberately brought me here is so clear even this early on, so I pray that I would not lose this heart of gratitude and work according to your calling for me in the workplace. I pray that you would continue to lead me to conversations with patients about faith, with co-workers and whoever you draw me towards. I also pray that you would be teaching me as well through my experience working at this hospital.
I pray for renewal in my life. You say that your mercies are new every morning. I feel like I carry a lot of baggage. Past relationships that went sour and a lot of loose ends. God, my my perspective on these circumstances in my life that are weighing me down not be one of remorse, guilt and self-pity, but help me to look to your cross and the work you did so that I could acknowledge your sacrifice. And by acknowledging it, I may know and understand that your grace and mercies are indeed never ending. God, may I live by that amazing promise and that amazing truth. May I be confident that I am made holy by your blood and that I can stand upright in your presence not because I am perfect on my own terms, but because you've made me perfect.
Please continue to grow my heart to want you more. To know you deeper and to grow in my relationship with you. You are so good to me. I can't deny that.
To you, Jesus, I pray. Amen.
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