real-ly

 Sunday, August 10, 2025 (4:52 a.m.)

Holy God,

Thank You. Truly. Honestly. Genuinely. Really. Mm. Yes. Real-ly!

I am feeling a joy that has long been missing. No degree of trying to get it back helped. Yet here it is! Genuine joy.  Real. Authentic. True in every sense of the word. Thank You Father.

(11:38 a.m.)

Awesome Lord and Savior,

THANK YOU!

That cloud of gloom and doom has finally lifted to the praise and thanksgiving that I have been missing! Thank You Lord.

Honest, loving conversations. The route I used to drive regularly to work. A genuinely joyful celebration for a 25 year marriage. Another “la-la” song [Sauvecito] I was NOT yet ready to hear. All came together to remind me of WHO and ALL we have in You!

Thank You Lord. Use me precisely as You know is best. Loving. Forgiving. Appreciating. Accepting. Sharing. Being exactly who You created me to be. Wonderfully complex (Psalm 139:14a).

Oh look! The descriptions just keep getting better!

“… remarkably and wondrously made” (Christian Standard Bible).

“… marvelously set apart” (Common English Bible).

“… made in an amazing [awesome] and wonderful way” (Expanded Bible).

“… amazingly and miraculously made” (GOD’S WORD Translation).

I’m prepared to stop right here at Good News Translation. Let me take this one into the remainder of the day.

“I praise You because You are to be fear[fully esteemed and respected]ed; all You do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart.” Yes! Truly. Real-ly!

I love, need, trust and want You Lord. Keep working Your magic [mercy and grace in Christ] with, in, by, through and for me. Do all You must. Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

(285 words ~ 12:19 p.m.)