So much temptation so little time!

Dear Lord My Father My God

Father your child is on her knees today. Thanking You for wisedom and kindness. You alone know the workings of my heart and You alone are my shield against my own foolishness. I trust in You fully to lead me and I listen for the signs You send. Father You know the fight that is in me and the battles I face daily and I thank You for rest in prayer because it feels more like mad panic than peace. Work with me while I battle the world to know my own place here. I know that it seems that I should move forward but doing so always hurts somebody. You leave someone behind you find another place to be you walk slower and don't know the path to take. It's a burden to my heart Father to not really know or understand what You want me to do. I am asking straight away for wisedom and help only You can give me peace in knowing which direction I should take. Worry is not going to make things change>ONLY YOU CAN DO THAT> HELP ME Father to walk in Your light and Your will do not let me make a mistake that can't be changed once the choices are made. Life seems to change daily for me and I have no idea where I am going. Look at Your child Father I know I am not the only one in this sea of pain. So many need You but I cry out for myself today because without direction from You I will make the wrong choices. I prayed and I hope I am hearing from You and not myself. I see the direction but I am scared of the results. I need some peace. Is this all there is for me or is there more? I look and I see that it just doesn't seem right my thoughts are racing but are they going in the right direction? Why are there dreams if there are no answers. How long does one have to pray before the answers come that give relief? Each day has it's own troubles but Lord Your hand upon any problem can solve it. I need courage to speak my mind this is not the time to be shy about what I really want and this is not the time to be weak. Is there hope Father? Is there any real answer or do we just limp along and wonder? Father you can give it all to us and I know I have felt your presence in my dealings. I fear it to know I might not be doing what Your will is for me because I am confused. Make it clear Father. Watch over me while I act and do not let me do anything that would be displeasing to You. I do feel like Eve in the Garden looking longingly at the Tree and just wondering what should I do? Father I have a lot of fear because I know myself all to well. The words come to mind "to thine own self be true" If I am true to myself it will hurt others, I am not sure I am ready to do that to people I love and respect to have my own way. Help me Father so I do not fall into the evil paths of this world. Desire is a horrible thing when it calls to you day and night. Help me know Father what is best. Help me know how to control it.

Father, be with my list. Be with Mark Goode while he is home with his family. Give them much joy while together. Keep Alma safe and whole. Be with my Debra and Lord an extra portion for the love of My life Roland. Hold us all in Your hand and near to You Father for it is in the sacrifices of Your son we pray all things. Amen

There is a life worth living

Dear Father
While on this earth I will seek Your glory in everything, every event, every test, every detail of my life belongs to You. I needed to take some time tonight to offer a prayer for the blesses on Roland's eye. It's been scary dealing with all of this I had just expected everything to go like clock work but it didn't. He had to be very compliant to the doctors order, he had to do everything just as they would have it done. He really had to be totally devoted to getting better. As prayers were offered he did get better and even if we are still working on his healing we know You blessed us with help, with friendships and with courage to do what he had to do. It wasn't easy having a lazer shot repeatedly into his eye but by doing it healing will come. Thank You Father for putting us with a doctor who worked over time to get him in and stayed till it was done. Our doctor has been such a blessing she has been light hearted and made it easier to deal with the whole situation. Continue to bless her and make her able to be a healer.

Just wanted to let it be said how good our God is and how our lives are touched everyday if we just open our eyes and see it. Father, I have been watching some movies that are just breaking my heart. I hate that these are being made. I hope that You know that when I watch such things it's such a sad event. It makes the words Forgive them Father for they know not what they do ring in my ears. I hope You will forgive us. Your glory will show threw this messy life and when the day comes for us to know the truth it's going to be there for us and for that I am grateful. It is all going to be worth the wait and the fight to have the life that is in You not only in the days to come but in our everyday lives right now. Guide the heart of the men in leadership to give us a path to walk that will bring us home to You. Be with the one who are in charge of making choices so they make the right ones that affect Your people. Never forget us Father for there are those who will seek You and Your will no matter what the world says. I am one of those people because I believe in You and I believe in Your words. I asked that You be with my list of loved ones, the elderly those who need You daily. Keep us whole and focused in all the things that we are dealing with.

I pray it all at the feet of Jesus until the day You come or call me home. Let the light of Your love for us shine because we can see it Father when we look.....Amen

Thank You for a Blessed Day

Dear Father

Thank You for a blessed day we were able to enjoy our home and our safety here. Roland had a place to relax and recover. Be with him during this time of healing and watch over his needs. Thank You for helping us be in the right place at the right time and getting to the doctor in a timely manner where nothing went wrong and he didn’t loose his eye sight. Lord there are many things that can go wrong but when we walk with you we are as safe as we can be in this world and I am very grateful for that. Lord just hold our hands, give us faith in You and knowledge about what course of action is best. Work with our hearts and minds to keep them in focus with what You would want for Your needs and ours to be met.

Father be with Lois Allen and all those who are older that have pain and struggles. Hold tight to the promise You gave and be with them in these difficult time. Be with those who have cancer and no real answers to help them. Watch after those who just are not sure what to do with their lives. Many misgivings keep us from getting a good hold on this life and our work in it. Be with the young men and women that will face even tougher times. Help our leaders of this country to do what is right so people have jobs and educational choices that will keep this country strong. Be with the leaders of the churches to help them guide so Your will is seen. Forgive those who use Your name for their own gain. Forgive our sins and forgive when we take advantage of situations that shouldn’t happen. Forgive the lies that are told to make our lives look like something they are not. Let me always have a repentant heart and be long suffering when I am tested by the world. We have so much and it’s easy to get off track and I thank You Lord because Your word can and does bring each and everyone who loves You back into Your light. Help us all to cling to that. Let us forgive things that hurt us words that wound us let our hearts know those things will and can heal. Forgive anything that holds us from the work You have for us.

Be with new relationships, new choices and facing things that are different. Give an open heart so that I can be accepting and willing to work with those who are new coming into my life. Lord, You better than any one knows that I don’t like new people. I don’t trust well, I don’t deal well with people. I would rather get a new puppy than have to deal with a child. I know that’s wrong Father and I know I need to try harder to work with young people. Bless my life with comfort and security as I deal with new people in my life.

We are very blessed Father that the medications Debra is taking seems to have worked quickly to help some of her problems already. We are also blessed that this medication wont change the sleep study she is due to take. We need answers and I think we are getting there so Thank You Father for keeping me steady and strong to deal with these matters and Thank You for blessing her life with some healing hope. It might not be the total answer but it’s a start and we are grateful for it.

In the name of our Lord I pray it all into Your hands. You give us hope and happiness and it’s Your will in which I turn over all things….Amen.

Emergency Surgery

Dear Lord and Father

The road to heaven might be hard at times, but Jesus said in My Fathers house are many glorious dwelling places, and when we get there it will be wonderful. Rev 21:4-5 “And God will wipe away every tear from their (our) eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me (John), "Write, for these words are true and faithful." There are some things just worth the trip. Glory!!!!!!!!!!!

Lord, each day I always try to start our with something from Your word, it blesses my life and keeps me keen on knowing who You are to me. I want to thank You with the deepest core that is in me for all of the things that just timed out perfectly yesterday. I want to thank You that Roland’s emergency surgery went well and even with the pain he got through it without losing his eye sight. You placed me at the right spot and with the right person to make things flow and we got Roland to the clinic in time to save his eye. Thank You, Father, for taking care of us and letting things turn out to be in our blessed favor. I want to thank You Father for Karen who was with me and could just pick up the ball and run with it getting my truck home safely and I thank You Father for a friend I can trust to just be there. Not everybody can you just toss the keys to and feel good about it. Thank You, Father, for all the blessings that are in having a Christian family that will help you in time of need. Father, yesterday we also got some medications for Debra that may be a start to helping her with her problems the doctor really seems to understand our needs and faces our problems directly and talks straight forwardly to Debra. He advised her to take 30 minutes and to turn all things that cause distraction off and to pray. I think that’s some good counsel she hasn’t really gotten before from the doctors so Father, bless her with the tenderness to understand the power that is in prayer.

Father, I want to bring to Your attention the lives of those in our military, our leadership, our countries leaders. We are fighting a battle that we have never faced before. The changes are coming fast to our way of life and Father we need Your hand on all matters that concern this country that was built on Christian values. Help us stay a Christian nation; help us all to respect the gifts of being a Christian nation. Help the leadership in our churches to guide us in the right direction. Help those who are elders of the church to guide and protect the values You designed and help them to be providers of Your words. Help us as a church to not hinder the work that these men must do. Lift them up Father and make them convicted to the cause they have dedicated themselves to and let them not grow faint and weary in the matters that concern the church and its growth.

Father, there are many I call to Your relief in matters of health, finance, faith You know them and the list is long so be with them Father, Mark Goode, Roland, Debra, Darla, Amber, Michael, David, Kim, Bo, Shirley, Harold, Linda, Mike, Liz, Bill, Jane, Robbie, Sandy, Sonny, Sandra, Nell, Peggy, Lexi, Glen, Stephen, and all that need and have needs Father just walk with Your children and keep us safe as these times show us that heartaches come and we must look to You for our sanity and our salvation while we wait for whatever may come in this life. Bless our efforts to stay in Your will and Your ways. Forgive us of our sins and let us always have a repentant heart when we don’t do as we should. Keep our lives focused on You and not on the world.

In the blessed name of our Lord Jesus Christ I lay all these burdens at Your feet. I know that You restore the brokenness of this life and until the day comes I will worship and pray for it is in the name of Jesus that all things will be made right. Amen