Blessings...

My prayer:

What a great day! You are so wonderful to me. Thank you for lining up today to be exactly what I needed. Not what I planned but exactly what I needed. Thank you for the chance to connect with friends that I have neglected.

You are so patient and kind and wonderful. The gifts you give me are so powerful and meaningful. Your love is more precious than anything else in the world.

Thank you for choosing me and letting me choose you!

What God Said Tonight:

Wait until you see what we have for tomorrow!

I do love you and I love seeing you blessed. I love that we get time, away from the stresses and pressures of your everyday life. I am always with you but sometimes it is nice when you slow down enough to truly feel my presence.

I love you and I am always on our side. I am always looking for new ways to bless you. Watch for them. The blessings are headed right for you.

Nothing surprises God...

My prayer:

Made it! 5 days to hang out with you with the pressure turned off. Heaven!

What God Said Tonight:

Listen carefully. I am not afraid of the future and what it holds. I am not afraid of what could happen.

I am the constant in the change. I am the one who makes the end work our for your good. I am the one who created it all. I am the one who will see you through to the end.

Nothing surprises me and there is no situation that I cannot handle.

Cracks in your heart...

My prayer:

Well, if I had to grade myself on staying focused on love like you told me to, I would have to say I got about a C- today. Not great.

I did have a couple of great chances to bless people. Thank you for that.

Help me to do better tomorrow? You are love. You can't even help yourself. To love is more than natural for you, it is impossible for you not to love. I need more of that in me.

What God Said Tonight:

Learning to love is complex and simple at the same time.

It is like a shattered windshield on a car. There are cracks and fissures throughout but it does not fall apart. It can stay in place for years even though it is fractured.

When your heart is broken, it only creates more places for my love to seep through. It is not logical but those who are hurt and healed in me, are those that find the greatest amount of love for others.

Who is more grateful for forgiveness, the righteous man or the sinner? Who is more grateful for love, the one who has never been hurt or the one who has been hurt gravely?

It is in the very capacity of pain that love will triumph. Let the love seep through the cracks in your heart.

Focus on love...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I know I have been doing it a lot lately but I need to ask for your help again. Life is uncomfortable right now and I can't rely on my instincts so I need your clear direction, on everything.

I understand that there is great opportunity in times like this. I can grow and be better off or I can resist and stay right where I am. I want to grow. Help me to make the decisions or do what I need to do God, even if that is to do nothing.

Thank you Father.

What God Said Tonight:

Your focus in this season, is unfailing attention to love. I need you solely focused on love. Giving love, receiving love, exuding love...you focus on love in every situation. In every decision. Your focus is love.

You do that and I will take care of the rest.

God, take me...

My prayer:

What a decadent day of rest God! I pray that everyone gets a day like this every once in a while. No responsibilities. No need to be anywhere at a specific time. Just me and you and peace.

Thank you for all you do and all that you are. I love you like crazy God!

What God Said Tonight:

Your time has come to see the new horizon and the promises. I have come to take you directly there. There are many roadblocks on this road and many children who will not make it.

But you are here and you are asking and I want to see as many of you saved as possible.

Throwing God at the devil...

My prayer:

I am exhausted from no sleep last night but I had to take a second and formally thank you God. Today was amazing.

The fact that I stayed awake and reasonably functional was amazing. Even more amazing was to experience the love that you flooded me with. A love that poured out of me and onto the very people whose words and opinions kept me up all night.

That was truly amazing. Thank you for an amazing day!

What God Said Tonight:

You had it coming. The devil was throwing his best at you. You threw my best back at him. He can't handle that.

He can't handle it when you fight hate with love. He can't handle it when you fight pain with joy.

I am yours, now and forever.

Hand it to God...

My prayer:

Awesome God, I come here to you a bit later than normal. I tried to sleep after a too long day but my own bitterness and inability to let things go woke me up.

I really need your help. I know I should not dwell on these thoughts. I know that the main reason that the words spoken hurt so badly is because I am exhausted and burnt out and likely, when I have my feet back under me, they would not hurt nearly as badly. I know that I need to let go of that hurt, forgive the person. I know and believe all of that but I clearly have not been able to do it.

God, I need your help to forgive. I need your help to let go of the righteous indignation. I need your help to let go of the bitter thoughts. For my sake and for yours.

I know that I will feel better if I do. I know that my life will be better if I do. I know that you have asked me to do it. Now, I need your help to actually do it because I am not getting it done on my own. I am, instead, awake at 2:00 AM dwelling on it instead of sleeping.

What God Said Tonight:

I know you want to reason this out. I know you want to find the logic in it that will make it ok. I know that you have tried and you have failed.

This time, logic won't bring you out. This time trust and reliance on me will bring you out. This time, every time you feel the defensiveness and bitterness welling up, you can hand it to me and ask me to take care of it.

Hand it over as often as you need to. I have big arms and I can hold it all. Stop thinking so hard and surrender it to me. I love you.