Day 097

Father, 

We praise You for being a God who redeems and restores! You see the widows. You see the childless. You see the faithful men who have served You with honor throughout their lives. You meet us in the place of our need and write us into a much bigger story than our own. Our fulfillment and joy is just one brush stroke of the bigger joy picture!

Have mercy on me, a sinner. We repent of our sins and turn to You and we ask You to make our hearts clean. We repent of leaning into despair, of identifying too closely with our own bitterness and loss. Our stories are not over, and You are still on the throne.

Remind us that sadness is okay and grief is important. Teach us to mourn our losses and disappointments in a way that honors You. Draw near to us in our aches and our vacancies. Bring restoration and redemption, God. Some of us are still in the famine. Some of us are working in the fields. Some of us have identified too much with our own bitterness. Would You lean in today and give us a glimpse of Your great love for us? Remind us that You see us. Christ’s death on the cross proved that once and for all, but You know when our hearts need to be reminded and You draw near to the crushed in Spirit.

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment of our day, each decision we make, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

SHOW NOTES: 

Host: Tara-Leigh Cobble

Writers: Callie Summers & Tara-Leigh Cobble

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