Dear Lord; Happy Tuesday Father!<\/p>\n
Today Father, I\u2019m Blessed to share an \u201cEmail to God\u201d<\/em> with You written by Kandi, from \u201cGet Out of the Boat\u201d<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Her posts always exude such an intimate connection with You Lord, so I was absolutely elated when she agreed to bring her prayers here today.<\/p>\n Good morning Father, <\/em><\/p>\n Well, at least it\u2019s morning when I am writing this, very early morning, it is 1:00 a.m. right now, that seems to be the magic hour for You and I, I write so many of my blog posts this time of morning, when the world is still and silent. \u00a0I am thankful for these times when it is just quiet, when it is just us spending time together. It is this time of morning when I do not have to strain through the voices of the day to hear Yours. \u00a0So I sit here, fingers on the keyboard wondering what words are going to find their way onto the page. <\/em><\/p>\n A few years ago, I remember seeing the words \u201csurvival of the fittest\u201d splashed across someone\u2019s social network page. \u00a0I remember thinking how strong and confident the writer of those words probably thought they sounded, and all I could think to myself was how hopeless that was.\u00a0 That was back in my infancy days when I first came to You, the days when getting on my knees before You seemed to exhaust my physical limits, when the tears flowed so freely it felt like I were shedding the three plus decades of my life that I spent without You, those four little words that in this world represent a sense of strength in ourselves, yet is void of any hope.\u00a0 Yes, there is the hope of something better, there is the hope that the dreams and passions of our deceptive human hearts will come to fruition, and for some they will, but there is no hope in You, in death it will all become meaningless and left behind. Those whose hope rests squarely in arms of You Father, the One who gives meaning to our lives, begin to see a bigger picture, that there is a greater purpose beyond what we can see.\u00a0 We know that You will never leave us or forsake us, You know the plans You have for us and that they are good, that You have gone before us, You have made a way, You have already made the our path straight, even when it looks so very crooked laid out at our feet, we know the only truest and purest form of hope is in You Father. We cling to You and Your promises, \u00a0because we know that only You can take the ash and mold it into something beautiful, we know only You can make something new again, when we hope in You, our lives and the meaning of them begin to look different, when we frame them in the hope of You.\u00a0 There are places You want to take us that not even the strongest hands can touch because the greatest of human strength is like a pebble at the bottom of the ocean compared to Yours. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Father, You have blessed us with so many great scriptures of hope in Your word, but it is this one from Isaiah 40:31 that You keep placing in my path, I think this is one of my favorite scriptures that describes what our hope in You looks like. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cbut those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n they will soar on wings like eagles;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n they will run and not grow weary,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n they will walk and not be faint\u201d \u2013 Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Father, when I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior four and half years ago, I would have never imagined being in this place I am today, I never thought it possible, Father, I love You so much, I can\u2019t imagine doing life without You, I can\u2019t live without hope in You.<\/em><\/p>\n Amen\u2026 Thank you Kandi!<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nPin It<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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