Teach Me to Love - My Prayer for Today

"Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long." Psalm 25:5

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When I began blogging nearly eight years ago, I did not really know what it would become. Ever-changing and developing as my path took twists and U-turns and even some sideroads, The Journey has always been my story. Some take offense as if it is a mean-spirited piece about them, some get upset if conviction comes, but mostly I hope God has used my words to bring healing and hope. Coming from a path of utter destruction, I felt as I should share sometimes my most intimate thoughts and emotions as I meander my way to the Cross. So, I am being totally transparent with you all as I say that today, I am writing from a place of brokenness, uncertainty, emptiness, and heartbreak. When I feel this way, the only thing that brings comfort is God's Word and prayer, much, much prayer. My prayer for today is, "Teach Me to Love."

Lord, I am surrounded by so many things I do not understand. My heart aches because of false accusations hurled at me and my little family. I am walking every day in uncertainty as to which path to take and what lies ahead. Some days, Lord, I feel as though I am a caged animal or a bridled horse waiting for my freedom to run in the path you have chosen for me. Teach me to love your ways and to trust You with all my heart.

Give me the strength to avoid at all costs anything or anyone that would bring chaos to my home. I am watching people dangle on the edge of a steep cliff knowing they are building a house on a slippery slope and I am unable to intervene. I know that I am to hate sin and to love the sinner. That is easy. Help me to be okay with separating myself from those things that would bring harm to me or to my family--to guard my heart above all else as your word instructs me to do. Empower me to always pursue peace. Teach me to love without compromise.

Train me to not judge the person or the situation, but rather to judge the fruit. Sharpen my discernment to know the difference between feeling alarmed and evil bodings. Impart wisdom that I may never be the source of pain or divisiveness. Teach me to respond with love and not with fear.

You did not create me to look out for #1, but to look to the One who created me. So, give me ears to hear and eyes to see You, Father. Show me your way that I may find favor in your sight. Teach me to love and to be loved by You.

Amen.

"The secret of the Lord is with those who fear him, and He will show them His covenant. My eyes are ever toward the Lord..."

Psalm 25:14-15

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AnonymousOctober 21, 2018 at 11:05 AM
Mathew 7:1 - 5
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

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