❦ LORD , I thank You for un~grasping my hand & heart from around my possessions, loved one, & even my health & persistently prying my fingers off & relaxing my hold to this world. I thank You for the weaning. I know, now, that I am just in a rented cabin, sent to work for a while like a migrant farm worker & this is not my permanent home. It is okay to admire the scenery, appreciate the surroundings, use the facilities & enjoy the room. But I do not own it. It is not good stewardship to remodel it & it is foolish to invest everything in trying to make it perfect , because I am not staying here for the long term. I am visiting here so shortly. My life is a vapor, fleeting & swiftly gone. This is temporary. I am setting out on a journey home, sooner than I know. That is the place I need to be fixing up. I have to do it by proxy & with the material goods I send ahead. My focus needs to be on eternity. You have been patiently working for the last, maybe 30 years @ bringing me to this point. And opening my awareness , point by point, day by day, possession by possession, loss by loss & ever so slowly & gently, in order to spare me undue distress. I admit I would never have chosen it , nor gone here of my own. But I praise Your wisdom, Your extravagant love, You great care & attention to these plans for my good. I admit & confess the heartache & sorrow & grief I have caused You over my last 54 years. I repent & I recognize that I was the looser. But I am Your cherished possession & I praise & thank You with a grateful heart & a willing heart & I will follow where You lead me. I will do my utmost to go without grumbling, complaining & with a joyful & praising spirit & I will put every effort into being cheerful & to viewing detours & interruptions to my plans as Your loving arms jerking me back from the edge of a cliff. I know You plans are for good, even if sometimes my willful ego raises its arrogant, prideful & foolish head to object. Forgive me my stupidity & save me from myself. Only Your will always, LORD. Change my desires to those You have for me. In the Name of Jesus I pray Amen.❦
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:44:01 +0000