Sometimes I wish so badly You were here. That I could talk to You. That I could really know exactly what it is I'm supposed to know.
Yesterday was rough. I've been disappointed in people, in situations, in behavior and words that I can't comprehend.
I don't understand hurt.
Or judgmental behavior.
Or hateful words.
Especially in light of the God we all serve.
The God who loves.
The God who understands.
So why do we-- His people, His children-- find it so hard to love?
To understand?
To walk around in the shoes of others?
To feel what others feel?
To see situations how others might see them?
Lord, I just feel like some people don't get it.
They don't understand that not everyone has our beliefs
Our opinions
Our convictions.
That some people just need our love.
It's hard for me, Lord
To see in Your people
A lack of understanding
Of love.
So, Lord, what I'm asking is for your help.
To love
The unloveable
Even when the unloveable
Includes Your people.
Help me to forgive
And help me to look to You
The perfect image of love
To know what it truly means to be Your follower.
Help me to not be hurt or overcome by the actions of others
People who may not understand what exactly it is they are doing
Who they are hurting.
Protect my heart.
Soften it.
So that I can be more like You
In how I treat everyone.
Lord, help me to remember
That I can't control how others behave.
But I can control my own actions.
Help those actions to be Yours.
Help me to always and forever be in awe of who You are and what You do.
In Jesus' name,
Amen.
3 comments:
Amen!
I promise, we are sisters from another mother!
Well, you never cease to amaze me! How did I ever deserve to be blessed with a daughter like you. It's grace. Something given when not deserved. I love you! This prayer was so perfect after my morning that I printed it off and made it my own. You, your brother and your daddy are answers to my prayers! You made God's day today!! mom
Thank you for this Annie! Don't know what happened for sure, but I've been there too, not knowing what gets into people; God knows for sure, that I've probably been the cause of a lot of hurt over the years, but I've been equally hurt; we just have to be so grateful for His grace to help us over those hurts and to forgive us when it is us who have hurt. I ask a good bit of you, but pray I've not been one to hurt you...you are amazing...
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