Prayers and Thoughts

for Reflection

Lenton Devotional

2007

March 11

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous, Lord.

Psalm 139:13 - 14

Every day of my life was recorded in your book, Lord. Every moment was laid out before a single day has passed.

Psalm 139:16

Life is a race. Don't whimper if the track is rough and the goal is distant. One day you shall reach it.

Life is a voyage. Don't complain if the storms batter the hull or the winds tatter to shreds the sails. One day you shall come to your haven.

Life is growth. Don't find fault if the seed lies smothered and submerged in the dark earth before it blooms and blossoms. One day you shall have your harvest.

Life is a pilgrimage. Don't falter on the road through self-pity because stones cut your feet and leave your blood on the trail. One day you will come to Immanuel's land.

The God who through the boundless sky guides the flight of the sparrow, who builds the blind bird's nest, will see to it that in his good time you shall arrive.

Joseph R. Sizoo

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James

Every man's life is a plan of God.

Horace Bushnell

It is God who saved us and chose us for his holy work, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan. 

2 Timothy 1:9

We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

Heavenly Father, Thank you for making me unique. Thank you for your wisdom and guidance. Help me to trust you in all that I do. Grant me the faith to place myself completely in Your hands.  Help me to grow and to find you when I seek you – to see You in all of life.  May I never know a moment without Your presence.  Amen.