Experiencing God's Greatness in our Lives

When I think about the goodness of God in my life I am in amazement. I am awe struck. Everyone experiences God's presence in their lives differently. We know that even in the hard times, God is there. Even in the devastation, God is there. I thank God for showing me what is good and loving in my life. I thank God for all the good that can come out of the devastation. We have to believe in God's goodness in our lives. I thank you for all the blessings in my life and for all the blessings that are coming my way. It's not just about me.

Be Careful

Be careful what you ask for...you just might get it. Thank you God for not giving me everything that I ask for. When I think of the reasons why I ask for things, they don't seem as important when I am in the process of getting something.  God is good. When I realize that I am getting what I asked for, I realize that I don't really want to settle for just any thing. I can't really think that I will settle for something that is not right for me. God's plan is much better than my plan.

A Sense of Security

Father God, what gives me a sense of security? What makes me feel safe and secure? What makes me feel threatened? Lord, today begins Lent. A time for soul searching and repentance. A time for reflection. My sacrifice is to identify the things in my life that I worry about. Things that threaten my sense of security. A loss of income, my job,  a loved one, my health. All of these things I have some control over but not total control over. How do I contribute to my own unhappiness, my own jealousy, my own anger. I have to learn to live in the present and to cherish the moments that God has given me. Do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself. I can do nothing about the plans that shaping my life in the world. That which I can change for the good, I will change. That which I have no control over, I will try to let go of and release it back to God. I want to know what will happen. I want to know the plans that God has for me. I want to know what is in store for me. Lord must everything be a mystery. Must it always be unknown?  Lord how do I know what is the right thing to do? Should I stay, should I go, should I try something totally new and different? What's the right thing to do? Where is your voice in this process? That is where the forty days and forty nights come in. Meditate on the word day and night. Allow God to influence my decisions. Recognize God's influence. Know that it is God and not my will that is coming through. I pray that I can have a sense of security that whatever happens, I am secure in God. My timing, my expectations seems to be off in all areas of my life. I seek God's influence and understanding. No one knows the day or the hour. Give me a sense of security in my decisions for my future Lord. Help me to make the right decision when it comes to you Lord.  I pray that I am not found lacking.

Matthew 24:36-39

The Day and Hour Unknown

    ³⁶ “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,^[a] but only the Father. ³⁷ As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

God's Shaping Hand

God allows major events to shape our lives. We are influenced by God's pressure for us to conform. I picture myself as the clay and God is the potter. Though it may stretch me and break me and pull me in a different direction from where I was before, I have to allow the process to take place. Just like if I were getting braces. I know the end result will be good but the process is painful and long.
Jeremiah 18:1-4

Jeremiah 18

At the Potter’s House

 ¹ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: ² “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” ³ So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. ⁴ But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

Love is Patient

"My soul pants for you"

True love requires time and hard work It will include times of searching and insecurity.

Lord I seek you and hope to always find you in my journey. Lord don't let me be greedy about people and their time spent with me. I long for your companionship. I pray that I don't ever forget to treat people as humans and not objects. Allow me to care about others feelings and not to just use people for my own selfish gains. Lord, allow me to treat others the way I want to be treated.  My Love, My Love, go in peace knowing that I love you. I rest in my peace knowing that I love you.

Song of Solomon 3

    Restless in bed and sleepless through the night, I longed for my lover.
   I wanted him desperately. His absence was painful.
So I got up, went out and roved the city,
   hunting through streets and down alleys.
I wanted my lover in the worst way!
   I looked high and low, and didn't find him.
And then the night watchmen found me
   as they patrolled the darkened city.
   "Have you seen my dear lost love?" I asked.
No sooner had I left them than I found him,
   found my dear lost love.
I threw my arms around him and held him tight,
   wouldn't let him go until I had him home again,
   safe at home beside the fire.

 ⁵ Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem,
   by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer:
Don't excite love, don't stir it up,
   until the time is ripe—and you're ready.
 ^6-10 What's this I see, approaching from the desert,
   raising clouds of dust,
Filling the air with sweet smells
   and pungent aromatics?
Look! It's Solomon's carriage,
   carried and guarded by sixty soldiers,
   sixty of Israel's finest,
All of them armed to the teeth,
   trained for battle,
   ready for anything, anytime.
King Solomon once had a carriage built
   from fine-grained Lebanon cedar.
He had it framed with silver and roofed with gold.
   The cushions were covered with a purple fabric,
   the interior lined with tooled leather.

 ¹¹ Come and look, sisters in Jerusalem.
   Oh, sisters of Zion, don't miss this!
My King-Lover,
   dressed and garlanded for his wedding,

Renew Fellowship

Father God I believe and confess that you are my Lord and Savior. Lord, you have taken me through the operation with success. I consider waking up from it being a success.

I am now in recuperation. Now I know that I have not been cleared to drive for at least ten days.

I'm looking forward to March 11th because I purchased the fifty dollar ticket and dog gone it I am going to see John Legend. The Good Lord Providing me with that opportunity.

Father God you are greater and mightier than all else on this earth. I continue to renew my fellowship with you daily. I seek you out and I search for instruction and understanding through your Word.

I have faith in your Word. I hope for peace and I strive for continual and unconditional love. Thank You for loving me Lord. Thank you for continuing to give me hope and striving for peace.


Thank You for restoring comfort to me and ensuring that my love is in good hands and my heart is in love with the best man alive. Peace, Love and Happiness.

Return to Him

Help me Lord to return to you. Help me to identify what leads me away and help me to be thankful for your forgiveness and love.

Lord, when I feel distant from you help me to return to your love. Help me to know that your love is all I need.

When I wander away from you Lord, when I do things that displease you, You seem so far away. You have not moved away, I have moved away. Help me to come closer. Help me to know you.

I realize that the Lord longs for my return. Like a jealous lover, he wants my undivided loyalty and affection. I cannot share it with those that want to pull me away. I want to move closer to you Lord.

I pray that I am repentant. I pray that I listen and pay attention to those that know when evil and wrong doing is going on and that I am able to listen to their advice. I pray that I learn the lessons from my forefathers and elders.

I pray that I listen to the truth from the youth. Understand their point of view to allow them to grow into the greatest they can be for the Lord.

I pray that I am not too late. I pray that I hear the voice of God throughout my life. I pray that the visions and dreams of my country, my family, my life are in line with God's vision for the whole world to be at rest and in peace.

God offers hope to those of us who are feeling despair and joy to those of us who are feeling overwhelmed with sorrow.

We pray and choose to believe in God and know that our Lord loves us and wants the best for us.

We return to the Lord because when its all said and done, we give ourselves away so that the Lord can use us and we are confused and disappointed when we are not close to God.

We wonder what to do, how to do it and pray that God will guide us on what to do. Have we not been able to see ourselves as God sees us? Lord allow me to be successful in everything I do for you.

Zechariah 1:3
...the Lord Almighty says: Return to me, declares the Lord Almighty, and I will return to you,' says the Lord Almighty.