Your strength

Lord, Father in heaven, creator, sustainer, and savior of the universe, thank you for today, this new day.  I come to your feet and submit my heart before you, my sin before you Lord.  Please prune my heart and conform me to your will Lord, make Your will, my own.  I long to be aligned to your will and in obedience to You.  Please strengthen me to pursue You and hold fast to what You have called me.  Lord, I hear your voice in my heart, I even hear You in my head, but my own thoughts and weakness and even evil spirits bring thoughts in my mind that tear me away from You.  Lord, I pray that You would banish them out of my mind, clear my mind to be filled solely with Your truth, love, Spirit, Your word, Lord.

Your love will not let me go.  I know this.  There is nothing that You have already planned that won't be accomplished and there is nothing that is too difficult that You will put before me.  I pray that you would give me the strength and courage to tackle these obstacles as they come--that You would be my strength and that all of my courage would come from You, Lord.

doctors

Today I went to get blood taken and the woman who was signing me in was asking me all of the typical questions, address, phone number, date of birth, etc... and then she asked me "what is your religious preference"...I was so caught off guard, at first because they made it sound like an airplane menu--"what is your meal preference", then I was curious if they were legally allowed to even ask that, followed shortly by the thought that 'I am Christian of course, I believe in the truth...duh.  While juggling these thoughts I lost track of what was actually coming out of my mouth, which turned out to be: "Jesus".  So, Jesus was my religious preference ha, ha, funny and interesting response in the moment and yet true.  I then proceeded to laugh at my self and corrected myself by saying Christian...., which was then followed by the thought that worried me the most...is there something I should be worried about? Are there some serious risks I should know about before getting my blood drawn?  Then the humor faded and the seriousness of the trillions of things that could be wrong with me began to flood my mind...I hope nothing is seriously wrong with me, I hope whatever it is, that it is treatable and manageable.  Lord, I place whatever this is, totally in your hands.