Lord, deliver me from me. Deliver me to You. help me not to worry what the future holds. Help to place all my trust in you. Help me give up wanting to always be in control of my own life. Help me turn it over to you. Help me to stop obsessing over the little things. Help me know that you will always be there for me.
God help me be there for others. Help me to show others your love and how incredible you are. Help me to not keep others at an arms length and that I will be able to listen to them and encourage them and be there for them. Give me patience to wait to see what time brings and not wanting to know everything. For there is a time for everything.
To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes
Lord deliver me from the desire to be noticed, loved, exalted
Lord deliver me from the desire to be favored, popular chosen or acknowledged
Lord deliver me from the fear of being wrong, forgotten or ignored
Lord deliver me from the fear of being humiliated or left behind
Grant that I may seek to comfort rather than be comforted by others
Grant that I may understand and love more than be understood and loved well
Lord deliver me from the desire to be noticed and encouraged
Lord deliver me from the desire to be appreciated and included- Sara Beth
I love this song by Sara Beth. The first time I heard it, it spoke to me, to my heart. It was as if she had looked in my soul and wrote the song about me. Which is impossible because she doesn't know me. But it made me realize, I'm not alone in feeling this way. Everyone struggles with wanting to be noticed, or appreciated, or fitting in with others at some point in their life. I know I do. But really, I think God wants us to stop trying so much to be noticed by others, and just focus on Him and just be ourselves. God loves us for who we are, not who we want and try to be. And being yourself is less exhausting than working so hard to fit in. And also we need to love others for how they are, and not expect them to be different just because you don't like some unique quality about them that may be different than what you're used to. I'm guilty of wishing that on others. Just love them for who they are. And if it's too hard, ask God for help. You don't have to do it alone. God is here for us. Another important thing to remember is, love God. Sometimes it's just so easy to forget about Him and focus on our lives, but He gave us life. He loves us so much. So much that He sent His only son, Jesus to die for our sins that we deserve to die for, just so we can spend eternity with Him. So often we forget that. I know I do, and I desperately don't want to.
God, help me be focused on you and remember your precious gift that you gave us. Help me to love You everyday and help me to love others how You love them. Help me not to be focused on my own life and problems, instead help me find ways to help others out. I can't do this without you. Thank you for Your love, and thank you for sending Jesus to save us from our sins, so that one day we can spend eternity with you.
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