"all the feels"

 Psalm (Oops!) Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025 (5:50 a.m.)

Thank You Blessed God. This morning I’m experiencing “all the feels.” Highs. Lows. Thinking I was seeking balance. Deciding to just sit with You instead.

You provide joy in the most obscure ways.

And with this may I just say that You truly blow my mind!

Waking up hours before I wanted. Trying desperately to get back to sleep. Wondering why I didn’t yet have a song.

Out of seemingly nowhere ♪Amen. Amen…♪ started singing to me. Followed almost immediately by ♪People Get Ready♪

Lord, these are touching something deep inside me. Strong feelings I am unable to express. Thank You that I can just sit with them [and You]. Wondering. Pondering. Allowing. Accepting.

Yes. The further into Your Word I search, the more peace I find. John 17:1-26. Jesus’ prayer for His disciples. Romans 15:13. The apostle Paul’s prayer for the church at Rome.

Father, You know how easily I start to feel overwhelmed. Thank You for Your ways of comforting and settling me. Always with Your Truth. Reminding me that it truly is in You I trust,

As this anniversary of Holy Week begins, I’m asking You to accompany me in feeling “all the feels.” Joy. Sadness. Jubilation. Desperation. And all the colors in between.

Father God, You alone are good (Luke 18:19). Continue Your work in changing my heart to want what You have for me. Trusting that Your will for me “is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2b).

I confess to not knowing what Your will is. Or looks like. Jesus does. And He prayed “for all who will ever believe in me through their [the disciples] message” (John 17:20). That You would “keep them safe from the evil one” (v.15).

Jesus' prayer includes me. Make me “holy by Your Truth; teach me Your Word, which is Truth” (v.17).

Keep me securely tethered to You Blessed Lord (Hebrews 6:19). That You will fill me completely with joy and peace because I trust in You. Then I will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).

I love, need, trust and want You Lord. Do all You must in using me as You know is best. Feeling all the feels. Thank You. Praise You. Amen.

(385 words ~ 7:07 a.m.)