Broken...

My prayer:

Today was a long one! Very glad to be done and here with you God. 

My prayer tonight is for all of us who had a long, rough day. I ask God that you give us peaceful rest a new hope and inspiration in the morning. Wake us up with your vision, your direction, and your fire. Remind us of our purpose and help us to carry it out.

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

Life is fragile and beautiful. One good smack in the right spot and your life can fall to pieces like a shattered glass globe. However, even broken glass has beauty and use. 

Sometimes it is the brokenness that brings out the true purpose. A glass globe is beautiful to look at but it has very little use. Break the globe and you have sharp edges to cut with, you have points to make tools. You have many uses. 

It can be the same with people, with your life. An unbroken life is beautiful to behold; however, it is not much use. When troubles come, someone who has not had any brokenness in the past will have no idea how to cope. Someone who has been broken and has survived knows what to do, knows they will make it through, and can help others around them. 

I don't break you but I know how to give the pieces of your life meaning and purpose. I don't break you but I know how to heal you, right in your brokenness. 

I love you, brokenness and all.

Every good thing...

My prayer:

I found some joy today God. Not a big heaping helping of it but I found some. I enjoyed every second of it too!

Thank you for moments of joy. Sometimes, that is all I need.

What God Said Tonight:

Every good thing comes from me. When you need "good" seek me out and you will find it. When you need joy, call out to me and you will have the joy you need. When you need blessings, call on me, seek me and when you find me, you will find the blessings. 

I am the Good Father. I will share with you all good things. 

Instead of chasing after the 'good things', running yourself ragged as they run away and dart around, just seek me and you will find every good thing. 

I love you and I am not stingy.

Privilege...

My prayer:

Thank you God for hearing my prayer and helping me today. What could have been a really bad thing turned into no big deal because you helped me say what needed to be said and gave me favor with "man." THANK YOU!

Your favor is amazing. We often think about your favor in relation to finances (and that is wonderful) but it goes way beyond that. It is someone telling me my backpack is unzipped on the train. It is someone taking bad news with grace and generosity. It is all the things that go right, not because of any reason except you decided that they should go right.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAVOR!

What God Said Tonight:

A child of God is born with privilege. It is the privilege of being the King's kid. 

Walk in your privilege but always remember to share the blessing and the favor. They are for you but your love and generosity is what draws others to me. Share your blessings and I will multiply them. Always. 

I love you and I love blessing you.

Small blessings...

My prayer:

Thank you for all of the small blessings today God. They are not much on there own but they add up to make a pretty rotten day more bearable. Thank you also for your protection. You certainly rebuked the devourer for my sake several times today. As I look back on today, it was not great but it could have been so much worse.

Father, protector, redeemer, and giver of all good things. I love you.

What God Said Tonight:

A blessing's size is dependent primarily on the need. A well placed 'I love you' can make all the difference. Take a new look at those circumstances looming and see them through the lens of blessing.

Power to choose...

My prayer:

Headed into another week God. I pray that you help me to see the opportunities to help people. I pray for your patience and love to flow through me. I pray that you guide every step, every word, and every action of my week. I pray that your will is done.

What God Said Tonight:

There is little left to say and little left to know. 

There is joy around every corner and tragedy in the way. There is peace that passes all understanding and there is fear looking for release. 

This life, here in this world, is filled with contradictions. You , as a child of God, get to choose how and where you will live in it. You get the wisdom of seeing it all and the power to choose your path. 

I love you and I will provide for you every good thing. Seek out your blessing and pick it up. 

Insecurity...

My prayer:

Insecurity. You know God that this is not normally a problem for me but every once in a while, the right person says the wrong thing and I sit here questioning my self worth. The person probably did not mean anything by it, I know they didn't mean to hurt me in any way. I bet, if I asked, they would not even remember saying it. And yet, here I sit wondering if I am getting it all wrong.

The only opinion that really matters when it comes to me and my life, is yours. Am I on the right path? Am I missing something? Do I need to be doing something different, something more? Please, God, let me know.

What God Said Tonight:

It is not a matter of what you should or shouldn't be doing. 

Tonight was a reflection of your own self condemnation. It is the voice in side of you that has gotten quieter but has not yet been silenced that makes you think you need to perform in order to be good enough. It is the voice that tells you anything less than perfect is not enough. 

You are perfected in Christ. That is really all you need to know. Your path, your journey, your purpose has an eternity to roll out. 

I am with you. There is nothing more you need to know. 

If you want to do more, do it, but not out of a sense of obligation and not because you have to show me or anyone else you are good enough. You are good enough, right now, because I live in you. 

I love you, now and forever.

The joy of the Father...

My prayer:

Such great, deep peace tonight God. Not peace that comes from circumstances, that is for sure. But, great, deep peace from you. Thank you for a wonderfully slow day. It seemed like the world slowed down a bit today or maybe just I slowed down. Regardless, it was a really nice change. 

This moment, deep in your peace is so beautiful. I could stay here forever. I love you

What God Said Tonight:

I have prepared a place for you tonight. It is a celebration and a reunion. It is the joy of a Father whose daughter has put aside everything in her life to spend time only with her Father. 

I honor this time with you. I crave it. I cherish it. Spending time with you, loving you, it is why I created man in the first place. All I wanted was to live life with you and love you. Things got complicated, but my initial desire, that has not changed. 

Thank you for sitting with me tonight. Let my love be your blanket and my peace be your bed. I love you.