"MY LETTERS TO GOD": "I Just Have One Thing To Say, Lord......"

Saturday, December 24, 2011

"I Just Have One Thing To Say, Lord......"

Dear One......I have just one thing to say.Actually, there is more than one thing, but, I have to start somewhere. You are. That is it. And, with that "it"......there are no words that can accomplish the entire meaning of this prayer. You provide. You forgive. You love. You are merciful. You are more gracious than we would ever expect anyone to be. You give wisdom. You understand the needs of my heart. You grieve. You befriend. You accept our gifts to You, piddly as they are oftentimes. The cries we try to subdue, you take to Your own heart. When I am at a loss for words and do not know how or what to pray for.....You translate those murmurings and unintelligible sounds to Your Father for us......it is truly amazing to me. Somehow, someway, I feel the touch of hands so kind and tender. They lead me to paths I have never known. They call me to the heights of Heaven and give me strength. They overwhelm me. I have never felt so safe and sheltered in the arms of a God who really has no reason to love me and protect me.............and, yet.......You do, Lord. I am loved. I can feel it. You are a miracle worker.....and I mean it in the strongest sense I have the power to.
The glow and charm of Christmas is still so precious to me. The gift of the Son of God that was given to me, I unwrapped long ago.......but, I am still amazed at the newness of it. The power it has to create in me the excitement of opening an especially "waited for" gift and the smile it brings to my heart. It makes me feel so loved and treasured by You, Lord.....The giver of life. The Three -in-One. The divine Holy Spirit.....so misunderstood and yet so overwhelming, I just accept it all. Some day I will understand.
As usual, Lord......I can't end a prayer without asking for something.....and so, I do. I ask for all of the favor You can muster up for me today. I need Your wisdom. I need Your presence to fill me. And, I ask all of this in the name of the One who loves me best. You, Lord. Your will. Your way. Amen.

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AnonymousDecember 24, 2011 at 6:19 AM
He is!!!!!!! Amen!

Merry Christmas dear lady and to your hubby too!
Love you both!
Sally (and Paul)
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Introduction to "My Letters To God"

My letters to God came about by my need to communicate with Him on a regular basis. I needed to, as a christian, a wife and a mother notwithstanding, pray every day. As a young mother I found myself almost continually interrupted by my two little girls. All for necessary and legitimate reasons. You and I both know satan uses every trick in the book to keep us from communing with God and I felt that he was definately getting the upperhand. So, one day out of sheer desperation, I grabbed a sheet of paper or a notebook (I don't remember) and began to scribble out a prayer for God to come and rescue me. I needed to tell Him EXACTLY how I felt. I needed Him and felt that this was my only recourse. Invariably, before I started writing, when I was interrupted I hardly ever would go back to my devotion time. I'd forget where I was in my prayertime and it all seemed futile.....after all, the wash had to be done, the beds had to be made, baths needed to be taken care of.....etcettera.....etcettera....etcettera. After the first attempt, I tried it again and again until this wonderful habit was formed for me. I could literally stop mid-sentence and almost always go back , and pick up where I had left off. As I found my time with God lengthening because of my determination to do this, it ended up being my solace. Even with two more daughters and a son as the years went by. I often found that it was truly a wonderful thing when I would search for a word that described what I REALLY felt. Many times in my prayertime prior to this , I would skim over the

hard parts that would express my angst to Him sort of mumbling, "Lord, you know what I mean.....". I was so terribly desperate to express how I really felt. To that, I could only tell Him in my tears and fears and frustration hoping He would still love me. I'd reread sometimes and find that I was alot meaner than I knew He would be pleased with.....or, I was not as bad as I believed I was.

Writing to God has followed me into the years that the world says are the "senior years". It doesn't matter to me. As long as I can hold a pen and write Him all of my heart thoughts, the "mind stealers" will not deter me. I am determined to be God's instrument. I will blow my horn for Him as long as He gives me breath!

As I share my letters with you, past and present, may you find in Him the solace that you need. He will give that to each of us. This is my prayer.

"MY LETTERS TO GOD"

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

"I Just Have One Thing To Say, Lord......"

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