Dear Lord; Happy Tuesday Father!
As you know Lord, at the beginning of the year instead of making New Year’s resolutions, I chose to take part in an exercise intended to provide a more focused perspective on the year ahead. The concept was to pray intently for Your Guidance in choosing a single word to serve as a primary component of my life in the coming months. And although I came up with a number of words that I personally felt fit areas I needed improvement on, You repeatedly placed the same word in my heart over and over…
Accept.
Well Father, I may not have completely agreed with Your Word Choice when You impressed it upon me, but looking back over events of the last five months I can honestly now say… Ok, I get it.
Here are some of the ways Your Word Choice has presented itself in my life:
I’ve come to Accept that I can’t fix everything, and that I need the assistance of others (this one’s been tough for me in many ways).
I’ve learned to listen for Your Guidance more carefully, and Accept the direction that’s given.
I’ve Accepted that Your Assistance to us comes from many places and in a variety of forms, and that our true Blessings may not always be those most obvious to us.
I’ve Accepted that the path I’ve laid out for myself may not necessarily be the one You Intend for me, and I’m excited to see Your Will unfolding in my life.
It appears I had more that I needed to Accept than I thought I did… 🙂
Heavenly Father, I thank You for the direction and guidance You Bless me with each day. As I pray to You each morning; Please help me make decisions today that best glorify Your Will, and guide me to be Your Hands and Feet to serve those around me. Amen.
~Phather Phil
Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
I love how clearly things become in the looking back… it’s where we see Him affirm His direction in our lives and He is so very undeniably there… love it so much! Blessings 🙂
The old saying “hindsight is 20/20” does fit, doesn’t it Heidi? Thankfully our Heavenly Father has foresight, and knows where we need to be!
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Great prayer. It’s great that you can look back over the past few months and see how God has used that word to grow you closer to Him.
Thank you Lisa! It actually has been a good exercise for me to review the last months in my head and see where He’s led me. It’s wonderful to see His Hands at work in my life!
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I’ve learned that a big part of getting to that point of accepting is humility. If our hearts are on board then we are more willing to move the way God wants us to. Nice reminder!
Great point Eileen… Humbling ourselves before God opens us to so much! 🙂
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Great post Phil. It is so great to look back and see how far we have come.
Thank you Jenifer! 🙂
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Phil, I didn’t get to read your post until now. You have really learned alot about ‘accept’. You may have just pointed me in the right direction. Thank you. Blessings to you.
I believe I have Deane, but God’s not done working on me with this yet! Thank you!
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Accepting God’s best for us, even when it hurts. Great post and insight into your heart!!:)
Exactly Kelli! I’ve learned some of His more important lessons in times of struggle. Thank you!
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Very good Phil we all should look back to where the Lord has brought us, I know for me I do not to think highly of myself but to see how good and merciful my Lord was towards me. To remind me that yes I can do it with Him and that I am stronger then I thought I was.
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His Mercy and Grace for us truly are wondrous Desiray! 🙂
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Glad to hear your ‘word of the year’ is getting some use…mine is too!
Thank you Allison! I’m actually excited to see where God leads me next with it!
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