Prayer from May 06, 2013

Jesus,

I admit that I fear what people will think of me.
That only the approval of other people will satisfy my need to feel beautiful or loved.

One lie that I battle is that being imaginative and a dreamer is bad, unholy, or wrong.
But, can not the imagination, created by you, point back to you?
Does not all creativity point back to The Artist?

Jesus, you are holy and alive.
You are the light in the darkness.
You are the Way.
You will return for me.

I have so many worries on my mind and things to accomplish.
Listing them would make it's own paragraph.

Even now, I hear your words saying, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about a great many things, but only one thing is needed; Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken from her."

Jesus, thank you for this day and for making me with limitations.
Thank you that you have control over all things; that I am your workmanship created in you for good works; that from birth, your design for me has been to glorify you.

You are sovereign and trustworthy, and I can approach your throne of grace with confidence.
All authority, glory, power, and honor is yours.

Thank you for the privilege to tell others about you.
Thank you that I have victory over sin and death.
Thank you for sending the Holy Spirit.
Thank you for knowing my words before they are spoken.
Thank you that it is by grace that I have been saved.

May your Spirit fill me and sanctify me so that I can be more patient and more loving.
I surrender my will to yours.
I love you.

amen.