PATIENCE

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.  Psalm 37:7

I can do nothing without you, Lord.  So I wait for you.

Teach me, help me to wait patiently for you, Lord. 

Help me to trust you, wholeheartedly and with ALL my soul.

Steady me in my wait, Lord.

Help me to worship while I am waiting, Lord.

Place within me a desire for your will to be fulfilled that supercedes

anything else that I would wish for.

Encourage me, Lord.  Help me to seek you when I

"feel" like giving up and throwing in the towel.

Help me to allow you to be my strength ALWAYS.

Let patience have her perfect work while I wait.

In Jesus' Name,

Amen

Lord, you ARE faithful.

Hold steady when the fires burn,

When inner lessons come to learn,

And from this path there seems no turn-

"Let patience have her perfect work."

L.S.P.

Pruninng and Purging

And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.  John 15:2

It is the branch that bears the fruit,

That feels the knife,

To prune it for a larger growth,

A fuller life.

Though every budding twig be lopped,

And every grace

Of swaying tendril, springing leaf,

Be lost a space.

O thou whose life of joy seems reft,

Of beauty shorn;

Whose aspirations lie in dust,

All bruised and torn,

Rejoice, tho' each desire, each dream,

Each hope of thine

Shall fall and fade; it is the hand

Of Love Divine

That holds the knife, that cuts and breaks

With tenderest touch,

That thou, whose life has borne some fruit

May'st now bear much.

Annie Johnson Flint

HONESTY

Need to be freed from myself.

Need to break out of being selfish.

Cravings for attention.  Appetite for applause. 

Vying for the spotlight. 

Grasping for acceptance and approval.

Longing to be special in the fallible eyes of people.

Frustrating.  Dissappointing.  Rejection.

What about God?  What about what He says about me?

What about what He thinks about me?

What about what He sees in me?

What about His approval and acceptance. 

Lord, I need you right now.

Truth, Hope, Love, Grace

TRUTH, HOPE, LOVE, GRACE

How do I dig past scratching at the surface?


How do I get to the root,


to the truth of my salvation’s matter?


No glossy shine. No polished shine. Raw material.


Search me, Lord and know my heart.


Test me and know my anxious thoughts.


See if there is any offensive way in me


and lead me in the way everlasting.


Raw material surrendered to the Master’s hands.


Imperfections exposed. Flaws highlighted.


Refining really begins.


Worshipping. Letting of the steering wheel.


Destination unknown,


but promised as an expected end.


Not to harm, but to prosper.


My latter is written to be greater than how it began.






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