Blessings...

My prayer:

Thank you for answered prayers today God. 

I try not to ask too much from you. I don't ever want our relationship to be one where all I do is take and all you do is give. I love you way too much for that. 

But there are times, like today, where nothing but your intervention will do. I am so grateful on those days that you hear me and you always take care of it. I am insanely blessed with you in my life. 

What God Said Tonight:

The mist is lifting and the land is green with life. The overgrowth is so deep you can't even walk through it. 

Bathe in the lushness of the life I have given you. Don't hold back from receiving every gift I have for you. 

Remember to be grateful. Not for my sake but for yours. When you forget to be thankful, you get in your head that you did it not me. Once you start thinking that way, it is all down hill. But, be grateful in my blessings and I promise I have more than you can handle. 

I love you my child and all my Kingdom is yours as long as you like and as long as you need.

Seasons of change...

My prayer:

God, I ask for help tomorrow with all of the known and unknown challenges I will face. Help me to be a blessing. Help me to handle everything in love. Help me to help others. 

Thank you for your presence in me. Let it be more evident tomorrow than it was today.

What God Said Tonight:

Your season of growth is nearly finished. You have grown beyond expectation and you are ready for the harvest season. You are ready to reap what you have sown. You are ready to be released into your next season. 

Seasons of change are exciting and uncomfortable. Don't be surprised by either. I am with you and you are moving in a straight path with me and toward me. I love child.

A greater beauty...

My prayer:

Thank you for a wonderful day God. I got to work off the edge of the stress of the week, hang out with good friends, treat myself a little...what a great break! Awesome God, I can't imagine how I would be able to live this life without you. You are my calm in the storm, my strength in times of weakness, my joy all the time! With you, life is bearable and often wonderful. Thank  you for being in my life.

What God Said Tonight:

The world and your life is made up of so many different pieces and people. You don't understand the true complexity involved in being you. I will show you some day just how interconnected you are with the world and all of your brothers and sisters. 

Your life is like an enormous quilt made of many different colors and fabrics, all with their own beauty but with a greater beauty when put together. I love you.

God is more...

My prayer:

Never before have I felt so completely alienated from the world around me God. I have always been a little different. But the last couple of days, the verse where you say I am not of this world...I know what that means more clearly than ever. 

Awesome God, give me the ability to live filled with your grace in this less than perfect world. Give the ability to continue to wait for you to come and give us a new world. 

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

I am more than an image in your mind, a voice in your head. I am the great and mighty God of the universe, As such, I can move mountains for you. 

Never back off of your hopes and your prayers. Remember I can do exceedingly, abundantly and above all that you could hope for. 

Don't feed the monster...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Today there was turmoil, uncertainty, hatred, joy, hope, hopelessness, calls for peace, calls for unity, calls for protest and division among friends and family. Sitting here tonight all I can do is remember your promises to work everything for our good. All I can pray is that your will be done. All I can hope is that there is a greater purpose behind this season.

Thank you for being my hope God.

What God Said Tonight:

Don't feed the monster. Don't feed the enemy. He preys on your fear. He gobbles up your doubt. It is like air to his lungs. Don't give it to him. 

Hold your head high in your confidence in me. Stand tall and show the world that you do not fear because I am with you. Your witness in this season can be very powerful. Become part of the good to come from the mess. Don't be the mess.  

Love you!

Trust God...

My prayer:

Trying really hard to trust that you have everything under control God. Things look pretty crazy and out of control but I will trust you in the storm. I will trust that you will work out everything for my good/our good. Trusting your promises, not what I see in front of me.

What God Said Tonight:

Not everything is as it seems. But even greater, I can use any circumstance to achieve my purpose. 

I have not lost control, I have taken control to move things forward faster. I cannot listen to the cries of my children for one second longer than needed. I hear you. I hear your cries and I am securing your future, even now. 

You don't have to trust the circumstances, You just have to trust that I am bigger than the circumstance. 

I love you.

Grow like a tree...

My prayer:

What a nice change today God. Thank you for slowing down the world a little. Thank you also for the perspective. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. I guess I have known that but getting to see it lived out by someone close to me really brings it home and makes it real.

Thank you for where you have planted me. Thank you for making me prosper where you have planted me.

What God Said Tonight:

Your life, the plan for your life is much more complicated than you realize. You see some of the bits and pieces, here and there, but you don't see the big picture. You can't see where you are growing to. 

It is like a tree. A tree does not know where it is headed, it just grows a little each day. The bark expanding, the branches reaching. Each day it becomes bigger and reaches higher. 

I know the final picture, when you are fully grown, and it is beautiful and complicated. As my child, like the tree, you do not need to understand how you will grow or what you will look like, just keep growing and reaching each day. I will make sure it works out.