God, firstborn of all Creation, Invisible and Powerful, let Your glorious steadfast love satisfy our souls.
“Lord of all being, there is one thing that deserves my greatest care, that acalls forth my ardend desires, that is, taht I may answer the great end for which I am made to glorify You who has given me being, and to do all the good I can for my fellow men.” Exerpt from Valley of Vision
Oh God, my soul will only be satisfied when I earnestly seek You and thirst to know You more profoundly. My heart faints when there is no desire for Jesus on our lands and in our churches. I searched Your Word for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of Your truth so that I may live a godly life pleasing to You. Gave me a zeal to encourage others in their walk with Jesus. Let my lips praise Your name continually.
Confession
“O may i never fall into the tempers and vanities, the sensuality and folly of the present world. It is a place of inexpressible sorrow, a vast empty nothingness.” ~Exerpt from Valley of Vision
Forgive me, Oh Lord, when all my thoughts aren’t a meditation on You, or when I doubt the power of Your sword over Your enemies. Forgive me when I doubted you don’t care four ous sons and daughters’s souls. For I know You don’t take pleasure in lost souls. Let Your steadfast and glory shine upon me. that my joy in You is renewed.
Request
Forgive me for doubting Your will for my oldest son. Bring him to repentance and heal him from his spiritual and physical illnesses. Protect him from the deceptions of evil he has embraced. Put Your protective wings of mercy around him. Thank you for protecting my youngest son from his own foolishness. Bring our sons to us, O Lord, for we missed them dearly. Never let me cessed to pray for our children. I’ll trust in Your will always, even if the trials are harder than I can endure it. Help me to endure whatever is ahead of us as parents.
“Hopefully by now all of us have realized we do have some “respectable sins, perhaps attitude and actions we’ve never regarded as sin or realized their seriousness. If you have been humbled to some degree and your heart made more tender, then you are in a good position to continue on, because the sins we look at from here on will probably be more “ugly” than the ones we’ve exmanine so far.” ~ Exerpt from Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges.
Let your summer be a joyful one and keep reading His word. Summer is NOT a time to take a break from God, but to continue praying, reading His Word and seeking spritual growth in place it’s lacking.
Merlin, 2023 Nova scotia
Our life without our companion Merlin, the dog of nine years old, which we had to put down due to a massing cancer in his colon, bring us tears here in there as we both remember his energic, playful, free spirit, and companionship. Till the end, his devotion to us was incredible. For those who love animal and lost a dear companion, they are not replacable, but we most praise God, that he brought this joy into our life. We will get another puppy in the Fall. Meantime, I'm praying He will bring us another great companion. He knows what best for us:)
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