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.