Prayer In Weakness

Father, Thank You that You are the unmovable rock of my salvation (Psalm 18:2), far more significant than my anxious and quavering heart (1 John 3:20). You tell me over and again in Your Word, “Do not fear,” but I forget quickly, allowing worry to weigh down my heart (Luke 21:34). I’m tired of this cycle. My emotions can be …

Scattered

Do you ever feel that you can’t focus on any one thing? Does busyness, anxiety, and worry “draw you away in differing directions”? “Drawn away in differing directions.” This is the very definition used for the word “worries” in the parable of the sower. Instead of “and the worries of the world…enter in and choke the Word,” we could read …

Grappling

I query I question Problem looming, awkward and heavy Obstacle mounting Burdensome.   I puzzle I ponder Thoughts upturning, spilling and staining Logic fleeting Incomprehensible.   I brood I bleed Emotions surging, turbulent and shifting Sentiment boiling Irrepressable.   I lament I languish Character evanescent, evaporating and ephemeral Intention inadequate Hopeless.   A breath. A wisp. A vapor.   I …