gorgeous

 Sunday, September 27, 2026 (4:07 a.m.)

Most Awesome God,

It looks like a gorgeous day out there. A waning full moon lighting the puffy cloud filled sky. Absolutely gorgeous!

Thank You Father for the times You provide for us. Opportunities to consider all You are. And do.

♪Great Is Thy Faithfulness, O God, my Father,

There is no shadow of turning with Thee♪

Hey! Wait a minute. I just read those words (James 1:17) yesterday!

How totally cool are You Lord?! I’ve sung this hymn the bulk of my life. And this is the very first time I’ve linked each line to differing Bible verses. Fascinating!

Father God, thank You that it’s the simplest things that boggle my mind about You.

(4:39 a.m.)

Let’s take, for instance, this gorgeous view I started off talking about. I only see it outside our west facing slider. None of the other windows in the house show the moon, clouds and sky in such a unique and gorgeous way. Again, fascinating!

Thank You Father that You truly do fascinate me.

(5:11 a.m.)

Outside to get a better look at Your glory taking place in the sky (Psalm 19:1). I couldn’t help but to stand completely still. Watching in awe as clouds drifted. Making me think of waves.

And then sing.

♪Christ is my Firm Foundation 

The Rock on which I stand

When everything around me is shaken

I’ve never been more glad

That I put my faith in Jesus

‘Cause He’s never let me down

He’s faithful through generations

So why would He fail now?

He won’t♪

Father God, thank You for Your Truth. Your Truth that never changes. Your Truth that stands the tests of time.

♪Rain came and wind blew

My house was built on You♪

Mm, yes Father. I want our house built on You. Our One Firm Foundation!

Do all You must that I will learn to love You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30). And my neighbor as myself (v. 31).

Align my thoughts, words and actions to Your will (Romans 12:2; 1 John 3:18). I love, need, trust and want You Blessed Lord. Use me as only You know is best. Grateful for such a gorgeous sky as this.

Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

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Unchanging

 Saturday, September 26, 2026 (5:14 a.m.)

Thank You Father.

You never change. Ever. HUGE concept. Talk with me about this please.

James 1:17. “Remember that every good gift comes to us from God. He only does what will help us. He is our Father in heaven. He made everything in the sky that gives us light. Those things do not give us the same light all the time. They change, but God does not change.”

♪Blessed Be Your Name

Every blessing You pour out

I’ll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord♪

Hmmm. Unchanging. Consistent. Constant. Eternal. Never-ending. Nonstop.

(6:23 a.m.)

Father, with all the changes taking place around me, thank You for being my Constant. You told Your prophet Malachi (3:6a) “I am the LORD and I do not change.” Thank You for teaching me to trust and believe that.

You are always good (Psalm 145:7). Great (v. 6). Glorious (5). Gracious (8). Because ‘YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE’ (Exodus 3:14) I don’t have to be afraid.

Jesus said so! We get to have peace in Him (John 16:33a). In the world we will have trouble (v.33b). We are to take heart [be of good cheer, courageous, confident, undaunted, filled with joy, encouraged, brave…] because He has overcome the world (33c).

Thank You for providing Your Truth in forms of songs that sing deeply into my soul.

♪I don’t want to be afraid

Every time I face the waves…

I don’t want to be afraid

I don’t want to fear the storm

Just because I hear it roar…

Peace Be Still 

Say the word and I will

Set my feet upon the sea

’Til I’m dancing in the deep…♪

These are Truths I get to choose to believe. Father thank You for the privilege of believing that Psalm 139:16 pertains to me as well as David.

“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid before a single day had passed.” 

(7:54 a.m.)

Blessed God, thank You for encouraging and allowing me to love and be loved by You. To trust You to be True to Your Word.

Searching “whom shall I fear?” I find Psalm 27:1. Reading further I’m particularly drawn to EasyEnglish Bible.

“This is a song that David wrote. I trust God to keep me safe The LORD gives me light in my life and He makes me safe. So I am not afraid of anyone! The LORD takes care of my life. Nobody can make me afraid!”

Thank You Father. I believe You. I trust You. I need, love and want You. Use me as You know is best. Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

(489 words ~ 8:28 a.m.)

delightful surprises

 ♪Love Is The Answer♪

Friday, September 25, 2026 (6:11 a.m.)

Again. Still. Always. Love IS the answer!

Blessed, Awesome, Holy God,

There is a LOT of change taking place around here. Much more than just one season slowly turning into another.

Father, I’m here asking (Matthew 7:7) You to delightfully surprise me. Mm, yes Lord. As only You are able.

I confess to You the trepidation with which I either approach or attempt to avoid unsettling situations. Take the changes going on in my own front yard for instance.

Well established and mature citrus trees are ailing. What to do? Long time neighbors are planning and working diligently toward their move. The mere thought is exciting. New. And nearly devastating.

(6:34 a.m.)

Okay! Here’s my first surprising delight…

Not only does the word devastating mean: destructive, disastrous, harmful… Different definitions are also: gorgeous, stunning, enchanting, lovely…

Father God, I absolutely want to view this day [that You have made! (Psalm 118:24a)] and these circumstances through the Truth of Your Word. Do all You must that I will truly “rejoice and be glad” (v. 24b) as You know is best.

I love, need, trust and want You Blessed God. Use me and all the delightful surprises You have in store for us.

♪Best News Ever♪

Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

(219 words ~ 8:11 a.m.)

yes Father

 Jeremiah 15:16

♪Love is the answer…♪

Thursday, September 24, 2026 (5:21 a.m.)

Father God,

How grateful I am to be able and allowed to sit with You. Consider You. Wonder and be in awe of You.

Yes. To enter Your gates with thanksgiving in my heart. Come into Your courts with praise. To say this is the day that the LORD has made. To rejoice and be glad (Psalm 100:4).

Mm, yes Father. Thank You for providing us reasons to rejoice and be glad. I very much want to be aware of and grateful for the blessings You make available to us. Always.

Yes. 

(6:07 a.m.)

Again I thank You for time to sit. Think. Search. Explore  Wonder. Hope. Learn. Yes Father. Thank You for this gift of time.

4:44 p.m.

♪Love, love is the answer♪

♪Best News Ever♪

Yes!!!

 ♪Where Would I Be if I didn’t have Jesus

Pulling me out of that grave?

… Thank God, thank God, thank God

I’ll never know♪

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (5:37 a.m.)

Yes!!! Thank God! Thank God. Thank God...

Father, I am entirely grateful for the ways You work in, with, by, through and for us. Changing us from the inside out.

Thank You for being great (Psalm 145:6). Good (v. 7). Glorious (5). Gracious (8). Loving. Kind. Merciful.

Thank You for the opportunity and the privilege of reading Your Word. Being transported by thought and imagination to all that You are and do.

Lord God, how truly grateful I am to be able to know You. Love You. Call upon and depend on You.

You alone are worthy of our praise (Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalm 145:3). Thank You for the advantages that You provide that allow me to sit here with You. Delving more deeply into the history of Your Truth and promises.

Yes! Again I express my gratitude. Asking (Matthew 7:7) You to lead and guide me every single step of this day. The one You have made that we would rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24).

Mm, yes. Rejoice. Be glad. Fear You (Deuteronomy 10:12b). Live in a way that pleases You (12c). Loving and serving You with all my heart and soul (12d).

Yes Father. Do all You must that I will rise to Your challenge (James 1:2-8). I love, need, trust and want You Blessed God. Use me as only You know is best. Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

(269 words ~ 6:56 a.m.)

pressing on

 Tuesday, September 22, 2026 (4:19 a.m.)

Most Dear and Awesome God,

Thank You for the honor and privilege of sitting with You. Of truly entering Your gates with thanksgiving in my heart; and going into Your courts with praise (Psalm 100:4).

Mm, yes Father. Thank You for the ways You work in, with, by, through and for us. Changing us. Often without our even noticing.

Yes! You change us from the inside out.

Romans 12:2

Ezekiel 36:26

2 Corinthians 3:18; 5:17

♪Where Would I Be if I didn’t have Jesus

Pulling me out of that grave?

Where would I be if I didn’t have mercy

Pulling me away from my ways?

… Thank God, thank God, thank God

I’ll never know♪

Oh yes, Blessed Father! Thank You that You save us from ourselves. Repeatedly.

Let’s take Saturday for instance. I made a slip of the tongue. Rushing to say one thing, it came out differently than I’d planned. Hoping it would go by unnoticed, the listener immediately pointed it out.

Father, I didn’t realize until yesterday that my immediate, negative and intentionally hurtful response was fueled by my own embarrassment. Thank You for stopping me right in the midst of my mentally replaying the event.

Right there in the backyard, You very quickly reminded me that I am not responsible for anyone else’s words, motives or actions. I must answer to You for my own.

I confess to You Dearest LORD, my sole motive in that moment was to hurt. Embarrass. Shame. Pay back. Like for like. Absolutely not my best look!

Thank You for Your very fine art of forgiveness. And all the benefits that stem from its practice.

It is only You at work that enables me to choose to change. To truly take to heart the apostle Paul’s encouragement to the Philippian believers.

“I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us” (Philippians 3:12-14).

Yes, Father. Keep me pressing on toward You. I love, need, trust and want to serve You well. Continue doing all You must in changing me. Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

(424 words ~5:55 a.m.)

this day

 ♪This Is the Day, this is the day

That the LORD has made, that the LORD has made

We will rejoice, we will rejoice

And be glad in it, and be glad in it

This is the day that the LORD has made

We will rejoice and be glad in it...♪

(Psalm 118:24)

Monday, September 21, 2026 (3:56 a.m.)

Dearest, Most Blessed and Glorious God,

Thank You for the decision to sing of this day to You. This day. Yes. This very day. It’s what we have. This day. This moment. This right now.

Yesterday I was asked the question of how I was. I took the longest time before answering. I considered skirting it altogether. Then I realized, even with the varying degrees of sadness and change I was experiencing at that moment, I was truly grateful.

Yes! Grateful for the love You have provided me through the years. Friendships

(4:16 a.m.)

Oh, most Blessed Father, how truly I thank You. You command us to love. And You also teach us how. Thank You for the opportunity of sitting with You. Singing to You. Smiling about You.

Even posing the question to the internet of how we are to rejoice when we don’t feel like it yields godly answers. Thank You LORD for the good You place in our paths.

There are far more things that I don’t know or understand than those that I do. So much I could fear if I allow my mind to go too far in those directions. Thank You for Your Word that teaches us what You would have us do instead.

Praise. Rejoice. Love. Thank. Mm, yes!

(5:54 a.m.)

Father, thank You for the resources You provide. The circumstances which allow and encourage us to turn to You.

Here I join myself in with the apostle Paul’s prayer for the church at Rome. “I pray that God, the source of all hope, will infuse your lives with an abundance of joy and peace in the midst of your faith so that your hope will overflow through the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romand 15:13, The Voice).

Mm, yes, Father. My ability to do anything worthwhile [like rejoicing and being glad] is absolutely dependent on the strength of Your mighty power (Ephesians 6:10) flowing through Your Spirit. Do everything You must so I will make good use of all You are providing me.

I love, need, trust and want You LORD. Thank You for making me glad. Praise You, LORD. Amen.

(427 words ~ 6:28 a.m.)