Dear Lord Our Father In Heaven,
Holy is your name and sanctuary. We honor you this morning with a heart of thankfulness. We who belong to you walk in a different realm and we thank you for this place. We live amongst the weeds and turmoil, but in your strength, we can rise above.
Thank you, Lord, for the inner knowledge that you are always with us; even as we pass through this valley of death and darkness, you are the light that keeps us going.
You are our living hope for the day when you return, and we rise to join you. We long for the day when we walk beside you and chat, or we see you across the way, and you smile and wave! Where all lives matter, and there is no longer illness, sadness, or darkness! The day when we live in your whole radiant light.
You have given us glimpses of the beauty that awaits. The array of colors you’ve blessed the flowers. The regal beauty of the trees as they stand guard like sentries day and night—the beautiful song of the birds and the joyful giggle of the streams.
You have shown us your mightiness in the pounding waves of the ocean, your furry within the tornado, your power strong enough to split the seams of our earth, yet you cradle us in your arms as gently as a newborn.
We know how to love, and you have given our hearts the ability, yet even in our purest form, we cannot even come close to feeling the love you feel for us! We as humans aren’t capable of coming close to the depth of love within you that you hold for us!
You are the God of the universe, and yet you knew every one of our names. You are still chasing those who run from you, still seeking those who have gotten lost and gently picking up those who have fallen.
I thank you for this morning, My God, My Savior, My Holy Spirit, for loving us as we are, never letting us remain there, and never giving up on us! For your love and for the knowledge that we never walk alone I pray with a humble, grateful heart. In your name Lord Jesus, Amen
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