Father, words are just inadequate to express my thoughts toward You. In my life, which is up and down and here and there, You are constant and consistent. You are solid. You cannot be shaken. You are ever on an even keel. These are traits of You overall but, at least for me, this is how You are with me.
Lord, I have done nothing to be treated this way. So often I feel like the “difficult” child in Karen’s first-grade class. There’s a way I am supposed to be, a way I’m supposed to act but I am not, I don’t. I run around when I’m to be sitting. I talk when silence is required. I break my crayons. I doodle on my papers. I belch at the most inappropriate times. I run instead of walking. So often I am an absolute mess!
But You? Hebrews 13:8 assures me that, Jesus, You are “the same yesterday today, and forever.” NLT And that is truly how You are overall but, just as truly, that is how You are with me.
You are patient and kind. You are not irritable, and You keep no record of being wronged. You never give up on me, never lose faith in me. You are always hopeful, and You endure through every circumstance. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) You are love and You love me…
Thank You, Lord, for being who You are. Thank You for loving me where I am. And thank You for loving me enough to help me be all I can be in You. This peanut butter and jelly-faced, runny-nosed kid can and will be so much more. You love me and that makes all the difference.
(Jan 17th, Tues, 2017, 6:18 am)
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