"Therefore, let us do our excellent best to honor God in all that He has called us to in the here and now, processing circumstances His way in love, mercy and forgiveness. And know that we are indeed pleasing Him and making loving memories. There will come a future time when “now” will be the past, and we will forget the hardships of today. So that when the future arrives, we can reflect with great joy, peace, liberty and appreciation, having no regrets, bearing no grudges and gaining God’s wisdom.

Be assured that God takes good pleasure in giving back our dreams. If you are in a dry place, know that your escape, your sanctuary can be found in the presence of the Lord. Spend time with Him. Ask Him to reveal His mysteries, His purposes, His timing, His destiny plan for you. Ask Him to give you His understanding of what you’ve gone through and how He will bring it all together in His good pleasure. Ask Him to awaken you to His greater vision. Trust that He will show you specifics concerning your future. You will surely see that there will be no greater dream fulfillment, no greater plan, no greater intimacy and no greater love for you. " A Woman's Walk

The dailiness of living gets so tedious. Seconds tick by to minutes to hours to days to weeks to years. And it all seems so slow in the moment, but so fast looking back. If it seems that way to ME, what must it seem like to You, Lord? Since You invented Time, I'm sure You can slow it down or speed it up however you wish. But because You're also omnipresent, You can do everything You need to do to intervene in a gazillion different places all at the same time. And You have existed and will exist eternally, so a lifespan for us humans is but a blip on the chart of history. How, with that perspective, could You possible love and care for each and every person who has ever lived, involved in the minutia of our lives, in tune with each of our hearts and minds, creating and molding and making and guiding each of our bodies, souls, and purposes? We are ANTS! Surely You are greater than anyone has ever conceived or imagined!

It's so cool how You've been waking me up in the morning, Lord. It's so hard, but I admit, I haven't yet struggled to the point of bleeding! I have no excuse! And, Lord, You don't want a halfway sacrifice. You honor excellence in work. Not that we do the very best that's ever been done, but that we've given our all to You. You give us each "talents" according to Your purposes. Let me spend all mine on Your investments. Let me follow the challenging example You have set out before me. Oh, but to be the lamp through which You shine that kind of light! Invoke in my heart a compassion for the poor and needy! Help me open myself to what should be done! I know that You want everyone to come to repentance - how can I assist You in that? Sure, we're middle class people in a middle class neighborhood, but I think there are MANY needy women who are poor in spirit. Does that count?!? :) Show me the way. I am getting excited about some dreams and I think they're Yours. Keep revealing the Vision You have for my life! ...Reveal Your mysteries, Your purposes, Your timing, Your destiny plan for me. Give me Your understanding of what I've gone through and how You will bring it all together in Your good pleasure. Awaken me to Your greater vision. I trust that You will show me specifics concerning my future.

Oh Lord, You are so good to me! I'm so sorry for sulking yesterday. For sitting on my hands. For procrastinating. For being angry with Edward and exasperated with Genevieve. For shutting Michael out. I don't know what my problem is, but I know it's not Your will. Help me get out of this funk through serving others. Lift the dark haze hovering over me like the hazy sky outside. Help me breathe Your fresh air! Inject it into my lungs if You must! I want to inhale Your Word and exhale it - believing and therefore speaking. I need a renewal of soul today. You have already given me the tools I need to take advantage of that whenever I choose. I choose to look for them and follow through on what I discover. Please enable me. I want to ask You to do something BIG today, but I'm afraid I wouldn't give You the glory for it! Ick. What a miserable state. I stand with You, confessing that I hate my pride - it's wrong and evil. Humble me however You need to.

Above all, I want to focus on You. Not on me. Not on my sins, or my repentance, or my dreams, or my problems, or my feelings, or my rights, or my works. I want to focus on You alone. Your love, Your glory, Your works, Your holiness... Thank You for loving me, forgiving me, and especially for being the AWESOME GOD You are. I love You. I long to be in Your eternal presence and away from this world of pain and struggle. Until then, I want to run to You with every ounce of self, resisting the devil to the point of bloodshed if I must, and fully cooperating with all Your plans. I don't feel capable of doing that sitting here utterly lazy and increasingly tired. Holy Spirit, You have a lot of work to do to change my mood today! yikes.

Satan, I don't care what victories you've had with me thus far. I rebuke You in Jesus' name. You have no rights where I'm concerned unless God gives You permission. So stay on that leash, dog! I'm not going to wallow today. My Daddy is good, His works are always good, He loves me, He can do the impossible in and through me, His Word is alive and active in me, and I'M BELIEVING GOD! NOT YOUR LIES! I'M BELIEVING MY SAVIOR AND LORD, JESUS CHRIST! SO BACK OFF!