Dear Jesus,
Thank you for the season of Lent to remind us to draw closer to you. I have struggled in my relationship with you. I don’t know if it’s because I never had a close relationship with my father, or what. I have the desire to have a closer walk with you, but I don’t know how to get there. I pray, read my Bible, pay my tithe, and go to church, but it seems like that’s not enough. What more is there? What am I missing?
Maybe I am missing gratitude. I often see the things I don’t have and forget to be thankful for what I do have. I want more than anything to be married. But I should be thankful for my children and the friends and family I have. I want to own my own home and have a little land. But I should be thankful for my apartment and the affordable rent.
I was reading in Deuteronomy today, and this verse stood out to me: “For the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the Lord your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.” Deut 2:7
It is so true. In the nearly ten years since my divorce, the kids and I have lacked nothing. We have never missed a bill. We have always had enough to eat, money for clothes and food, and a little on the side to have some fun. We have truly lacked nothing. Thank you, Jesus, for keeping your hand of protection and provision upon me and my children. Like the song says, You’re a good, good father.
Matthew 7:11 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Apostolic Momma 