My Prayer for Today (and everyday)

Lord, You have blessed me beyond reason.  In spite of – or maybe because of – all the recent chaos in my life, I see Your hand in my life more than ever.  I truly am thankful for the time You have given me to just think and be and live.  Forgive me for using the excuse of being too busy to pray, call my friends, love on my kids – I now know what You value and what You want me to value.

Thank You for my husband – a Godly, loving man who loves me and is a part of me.  Thank You that he feels my pain and suffers with me and that he shares my joys and celebrates with me.

Thank You for my children – two precious gift that I asked for and too often take for granted.  I love them more than I ever imagined loving.  Help me to be the mother You want me to be and the mother they need me to be.

Thank You for my friends – my true friends.  Friends who let me cry on their shoulder; friends who let me vent my frustrations and don’t judge me for what I say in the heat of the moment;  friends who pick up my kids and love on my kids and teach my kids with the way they live their lives.

Thank You for all my family – parents, siblings, siblings-in-law, cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews…help me to honor them and not forget them just because I don’t see them every day.

And thank You for the trials you have sent my way.  I find myself at a place where I can see the value of those trials, the opportunity to learn and grow from the adversity.  I confess that I’ve been hardheaded and it was hard to get my attention – there’s the busyness rearing it’s ugly head again – but You have it now.  You have forever, because I don’t want to live another moment without You guiding my thoughts, words and deeds.

Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord; point out the right road for me to follow.  Lead me by Your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me.  All day long I put my hope in You. (Psalm 25:4-5)