Please

Note: I was reading a devotional and some reflections today from something a friend wrote about a year ago on and fasting.  She talks about Psalm 107:9 and how in fasting we empty ourselves in order to receive better things than what normally fills our mind... we gain the capacity to be filled with good things.  So... it got me thinking... Regardless of current circumstances, I want these things to be part of my constant prayer...

Fill me when I am lacking.  

Be my strength when I am weak.  

Help me to rest (in You) when the world around me is frantic; 

And to speak boldly when others are too afraid to defy the accepted norm.  

Protect me when I attack myself.  

Attack my self-defense of apathy.

Give me light when all I can see is darkness

Find me when I am lost

Guide me when I am directionless

Help me trust when all human hope is lost

Restore me when life only drains the life out of me

Quiet me when I am afraid

Help me to look up when I feel only like looking down

Help me to stand when all I want is to lay down (in defeat)

Help me to hear Your voice and quiet my own

See the victories and not the despair

Help me to see You as my victorious Savior

And not a vindictive judge

 Help me to know You Instead of question You

Help me to remember...

Beauty is not seen with the eyes

It is seen with the heart.