Dear Everlasting Father,
You have surrounded me with love since before the day I took my first breath. You have protected me more than I realize, blessed me more than I deserve, forgiven me more than I can understand, taught me more than I can remember, and showered me with grace more than I can imagine. My cup runneth over and what have I to desire besides You? While my heart longs to echo the Psalmist – “I shall not want, “there is a longing in my heart that I cannot ignore. Although friendship has been the source of my greatest sorrow, I long to experience the most intimate type. There is nothing I deserve to ask You for and there is nothing You owe me. All You have done is beyond words. Your love has never left me. I see all my failures and how much more I should be for You. And I wonder if that is why You deny me such a privilege. Perhaps there are lessons yet for me to learn before beginning such an endeavor. Or greater still there is the awesome reality that such a role is not in Your plan for my life. Lord, give me the strength to accept Your perfect will, to trust that You know what is best and to wait on Your perfect timing. The desire in my heart burns and grows greater everyday. It is in Your hands now to control and keep pure. May it never grow so great that it clouds my sight and leads me to compromise or accept anything less than Your best. Until it is fulfilled or You quench the desire with Your love, mold me into what I need to be, use me to touch others with Your love, and restore me from the burden of my past failures to reach for a future that glorifies You in every way. May the greatest desire in my heart be to know and love You more.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
You have surrounded me with love since before the day I took my first breath. You have protected me more than I realize, blessed me more than I deserve, forgiven me more than I can understand, taught me more than I can remember, and showered me with grace more than I can imagine. My cup runneth over and what have I to desire besides You? While my heart longs to echo the Psalmist – “I shall not want, “there is a longing in my heart that I cannot ignore. Although friendship has been the source of my greatest sorrow, I long to experience the most intimate type. There is nothing I deserve to ask You for and there is nothing You owe me. All You have done is beyond words. Your love has never left me. I see all my failures and how much more I should be for You. And I wonder if that is why You deny me such a privilege. Perhaps there are lessons yet for me to learn before beginning such an endeavor. Or greater still there is the awesome reality that such a role is not in Your plan for my life. Lord, give me the strength to accept Your perfect will, to trust that You know what is best and to wait on Your perfect timing. The desire in my heart burns and grows greater everyday. It is in Your hands now to control and keep pure. May it never grow so great that it clouds my sight and leads me to compromise or accept anything less than Your best. Until it is fulfilled or You quench the desire with Your love, mold me into what I need to be, use me to touch others with Your love, and restore me from the burden of my past failures to reach for a future that glorifies You in every way. May the greatest desire in my heart be to know and love You more.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
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