My heart is heavy this morning, Father, as I think on where our world sits right now – the awful events in Paris yesterday and the many lives lost and many others whose lives have changed forever – the racial unrest in our own country – so much pain and heartache. You are the only answer to our misery. But many refuse to even acknowledge Your existence and those who do so often ignore Your power. Use me to accomplish Your will – touch the world through me.
2 Timothy 2:22 (<<click here)
Lord, many of us when young can’t wait to “grow up.” Our greatest desire is to make our own decisions – to control our destinies. But quite often we strive for the unrealistic – the ideals for which we reach are elusive. We reach some goals and they don’t satisfy. Unfortunately the reason we are not fulfilled is that we are reaching for empty things and though we may on occasion grasp them for a moment, they elude as much as if we tried to embrace smoke – we can see it, we can maybe even smell it but we cannot hold on to it.
Lord, help me and those I love “pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love and peace.” These instead are not elusive. They are tangible, abundant and free. They will not pass away, but are eternal. Help me to develop relationships with those of like mind and heat. May I enjoy the “companionship of those who call on” You. I pray that You would enable me to invest in these things and in these kind of people. Amen.
Nov 14th, Sat, 8:11 am
