New month.
Same concerns.
I try - I really do - to give my burdens and anxieties over to God. He has big shoulders and while I know I am unworthy, he will take them for me whenever I ask.
The trouble is - I ask, then I take it all back. I sneak to the foot of the Cross and claw-back the baggage I left there the last time I sought the solace of God.
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a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.
Oh boy do I have these. I doubt myself on a daily basis - multiple times a day sometimes. Whether it's work, or home, or faith, or family...and I know I'm not alone in my doubts.
They are a plague upon us, truly. At least they are to me.
I have very little sense of self-worth so doubting myself is, in some ways, as natural as breathing. I don't know to do it elsewise.
Yet God gives us a clear pathway to erase our doubts - the simplicity of prayer.
No great oration is required to pray to God. Just a humble spirit (...just, she says...) and the desire to be heard.
Because God is there listening all the time. He wants us to come to him. In fact I believe he will take us anyway he can get us.
- Too prideful - we are forgiven
- Puffed up with vanity - we are forgiven
- No patience - we are forgiven
The list could go on and on. And the point is - before we ask for anything, God is already there. He already knows our hearts & minds.
All he wants from us is the simplicity of a prayer - Dear God, I'm here and I need you.
He will take care of the rest.
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