healing power

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 (6:41 a.m.)

Blessed God,

Thank You. Thank You that You are so incredibly good. Thank You for restful sleep. Thank You for opportunity to turn to You with concerns for loved ones.

Thank You Father. Thank You. Have I mentioned, thank You? I confess feelings of fear and dread and gloom. Worry and sadness would come easily. Thank You that You call us to turn to You instead.

Blessed Father, I have absolutely no idea what Your plan is for my loved ones. I stand firm on my belief that as bad as it all looks You know the plans You have for our lives. Plans for good and not for evil. Plans to give us a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11).

Thank You for allowing me to wake up this morning singing ♫I Surrender All♫ Thank You for the reminder that all the fretting in the world is not going to change a thing. You are our very good God. We are in desperate need of Your loving kindness.

Thank You that despite our sin and brokenness, You do not withhold Your healing power. My early thoughts this morning were of the things around us we see as shattered. Bones. Dreams. Hopes. Plans. Hearts. Spirits.

Thank You for leading me in Your Word to Psalm 51:17 (Healing the Brokenness The Life Recovery Bible) and Jeremiah 31 (Hope for Restoration TLRB). Here I quote the comment for 31:1-40.

“God paints a joyful picture of recovery, with all the elements of repentance, sorrow, forgiveness, laughter, restoration, and hope. Once again God's people would follow His plan for them, and He would receive their worship and praise. We can experience this kind of restoration, too. We start the process by admitting our need for God's healing power in our life. God desires to rebuild His relationship with each of us, no matter how far we have strayed from Him. He delights in finding new ways to exhibit His love to those who belong to Him.”

Please Father, we are in desperate need of Your healing power. Do in and through, by, for and with each of us all that we cannot possibly do ourselves. Heal our shattered spirits and hearts.

We love You. We look to You. Asking. Seeking. Knocking (Matthew 7:7). Thank You. Amen.

(389 words ~ 8:55 a.m.)