A Prayer

Lord,

Thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for my wonderful husband, thank you for providing all the little things I need and throwing in some of my "wants" since you love me so much. Thank you for my family, my sister, my friends, my life.

Please help me Lord when my mind starts believing the lies of the enemy. Please clear away the cobwebs of confusion and deception in my mind and allow me to see you and others clearly. Please help me to understand that I exist to glorify you, that anything good in this life is a gift, not a given.

Please humble my heart when I pout like a child because I don't get what I want. Help guide me into what you have for me, into my purpose in being here. May I not be focused on what I can do for Shanna but what Shanna can do for others. Grant me self-control when I want to put unhealthy foods in my body, when I want to spend money I don't have, when I want to scream at the driver that just cut me off, when I get frustrated with myself or my husband.

Cover my house with peace and fill it with love. May you become a tangible presence, felt by all who dwell and visit there. Where there is anger, let there be peace, where there is sadness, let there be joy, where there is darkness, light. Where there is hatred let there be love, where there is a rollercoaster of emotion, let there be stability and self control. Where there is roughness, let there be gentleness, where there is defiance, let there be submission.

I pray you take all of me that is molded so far and squish me back down on the potter's wheel. I want to be remade: stronger, more beautiful inside, wholly and completely submitted, dedicated, sold-out and in love with you.

Yours in Jesus' name,
Shanna