Teach me Your way, O LORD;

I will walk in Your truth;

Unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

And I will glorify Your name forevermore.

For great is Your mercy toward me,

And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. 🕊️

Psalms 86:11-13

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Good morning Father!

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for my life!

Reading You Word revives my heart and my soul daily, like a man who is drowning, is rescued, and takes his first full breath of fresh air. 

I cannot count the ways You have answered my prayers. 

In all the days I suffered at the hands of others, those who told lies about me and those who betrayed my trust and my friendship.

I lost my family twice in my life. I was a wayward soul seeking Love the first time and I ignored the call of God. I didn’t see the traps the enemy set against me or the betrayal I faced.

The loss of my family a second time, after acknowledging God, claiming my life of service for Him, in Jesus Christ, I walked in the Way, with dignity and strength of my strong Faith in Him, yet the destroyer still came and my Faith was tested. I passed the test and avoided the firery darts cast at me, and in the end the enemy could not steal my heart or my Faith, so he stole my family from me, and my heart was crushed! 

I became angry at God and I drowned myself in my pain. I drank and began to curse and walk in my anger, and I quit going to church. I felt God abandoned me, I felt betrayed, Again!

I decided I would not allow my circumstances to control my life, and I began to focus only on my career, the work of my hands and my health and exercise. 

Then, when I was not looking or seeking God, God answered my prayers!

It was as if He heard my prayers way back when my journey began to go off the rails, He had prepared a whole new life for me, and my walk of Faith was restored. My blessing was there just waiting for me.

I began a new job and it was there I met my now wife, a woman of Faith, wearing her heart on her sleeve, She not only went to church but she sang in the choir, she sought me out to attend church with her after we met, I knew it was a sign, an answer to my prayers. I’ve never looked back, nor bought any lies which would lead me astray. I found my salvation in my Faith, and a life filled with service, following the Way.

Thank You Jesus!

In my previous struggles, I lost my relationship with my children and my grandchildren.

Today I have a wonderful life and marriage, a beautiful child I’m raising with my sweet bride, and yet my heart still hurts and there’s an empty place where my children’s lives and my time with them are lost.

I follow the one thing I can do, to make a difference, albeit a huge step of Faith, I focus on my prayers for All my children and all those who come into this world from the children of my loss.

I ask You Father, to bless All my children, I pray You send Your Holy Spirit, The Teacher, to rest upon and work within each of my children, to the glory of my risen Savior, Jesus Christ!

May Your Mercy and Grace follow my life always, in my days of challenge and struggle and in my days of joy and celebration, I raise my arms in praise in Your Holy Name, Yahweh!

Thank You O Lord!

Bless me this day, as Your child of the light, may I shine bright, out in the darkness around me, and may I always bring Your name glory, in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

Praise Yahweh!