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April 30, 2020
6:53 am

Lord, I am feeling frustratingly discouraged this morning. Which truly sucks, because yesterday I was feeling so much more hopeful! Sometimes just being human sucks — mostly due to having these roller coaster human emotions! :-( Okay, enough whining… THANK YOU for the extended timeframe of my Mate and our friends moving to their little parcel of land an hour away from here. THANK YOU for the awesome gifts you have given them, including a brush hog for free that they truly NEED! :) Please help me to get OUT of my pathetic self-pity mode and just do my work, help my Mate, and enjoy HIS being blessed. Help me not to feel so HURT that no one seems to want to buy what I have for sale, which would help me be FREE to leave this place that is starting to feel like a prison door is creaking and groaning, preparing to slam closed. I know it is only an illusion. I know that you will provide for everything I need, in your perfect timing. While I look at the Texas forecast, close to and exceeding 100 degrees the first week of May, potentially killing off most of the wildflowers and driving me indoors to hibernate… up north the weather is getting PERFECT, and my favorite plants are blooming, the trees budding out and the water running cool. Father, I take my painful heart and place it into your loving Hands. You have never let me down. I still trust you completely. Lead on.

Psalm 27:10-14 ERV

Even if my mother and father leave me, the LORD will take me in. I have enemies, LORD, so teach me your ways. Show me the right way to live. My enemies have attacked me. They have told lies about me and have tried to hurt me. But I really believe that I will see the LORD’S goodness before I die. Wait for the LORD’S help. Be strong and brave, and wait for the LORD’S help.

Psalm 37:4-9 ERV

Enjoy serving the LORD, and he will give you whatever you ask for. Depend on the LORD. Trust in him, and he will help you. He will make it as clear as day that you are right. Everyone will see that you are being fair. Trust in the LORD and wait quietly for his help. Don’t be angry when people make evil plans and succeed. Don’t become so angry and upset that you, too, want to do evil. The wicked will be destroyed, but those who call to the LORD for help will get the land he promised.

Father, help my foolish heart to let GO of what I think I need, and just trust you and your timing. Help me to ignore the circumstances I find myself in, and not use them as an indication of things yet to come. I know better than that! Help me to be wise and patient, and trust in your care. Guide me in preparing for this summer, no matter what you have in store for me. I trust you, and I’m calling out for your help to get through this day, this week, this month. I trust your Holy Spirit to guide me faithfully forward and give me strength to not only survive but to help others every step of the way — to help other people thrive. Amen.

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