Dad gummit I'm sick and tired of the church body being sick and tired. This past week I've had conversation after conversation with people just feeling like they are being beat down by the circumstances in their lives. I'm a great example of it. I got my feelings hurt this week. Not because of what anyone had necessarily "done" to me. I just looked at the negative and off I went. Leaving grace for no one, including myself. Now I'm trying to break the cycle and I realize that others are going through stuff in their lives as well.
Well, no more. I'm stubborn and refuse to sit quietly by and hear how people are going through the same cycles of hurt. Either through email or IM or phone calls, hurt is everywhere these days. And if one hurts, we all hurt, so I'm going to say a little prayer for all of us as a body...
Heavenly Father, I just want to lift up the body that I'm a part of, right here, right now. God, You know we are going through a funk because You are walking through it with us right now. I ask You in all Your mighty power and glory that You immediately break the cycle of pain and confusion and doubt that is seemingly running rampant in the lives of Your children. People feel like they are trapped in this cycle. Only You can deliver us from this and I ask that You immediately take us out of it. If You deign that we are to walk through this, then let us walk boldly and confidently in You. Give us freedom no matter what circumstances we are in Lord. Give us the peace and joy that comes from knowing and living in You! I humbly ask it, but expect great things from You, in Your son's name, AMEN!
Goodness, I feel better already...
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