(Christmas thoughts at the middle of August? Only to give the children a song! What song? What theme? O God, what should the children sing? Better yet, what do You want from …me?)
(Five years ago, a diagnosis of cancer – evasive and large and SCAREY! But the prayers carried me and God got me through faithfully- changing each cell in my body! For worse with the ‘cure’ but better for my heart, because He took the critical and filled me with ‘thanks’. “O God of Heaven, You changed me completely – I live each day as my last. So ‘Today’, ‘today’…I try to stay, but we also must look ahead. But maybe not!… maybe each day… should be lived, as if, as if the day were Christmas!”)
A gift for the King, this Christmas coming soon… what do I give to the King? I have only one theme, but it’s not just for one day, it’s for each new day of the year. So I write a prayer, as I wait on the Lord, as I wait…on the Lord, forever:
“Take my life, and let it be, separated to You – to You, and You only. “Search me O God, and know my heart, try me and know my fears…” (Ps. 139:23). Let me not be afraid to be whole-ly Yours. Yet, You see that I am… I am afraid of man!
Give me courage! Give me strength. You are ‘my strength and my song'(Exodus 15:2). May I not be afraid to stand for You Lord, the True God of heaven, Holy and sure. Not just at Christmas, when it’s fashionable and ‘safe’, but even now in the Fall or the Spring – O God help me not ‘cave’.
“Be near me Lord Jesus, I ask You to stay, close by me forever and love me I pray…” This is the song the children sing each year, instead, let it be my every waking prayer! Your promises God, like a sheep I forget! Help me, my Shepherd stay ever so close, keep my eyes on You Jesus, following near to Your feet …”prone to wander, Lord I feel it! Prone to leave the God I love. Take my heart Lord. Take and seal it! Seal it for Thy courts above.”
You abound in mercy and chase me down with Your love, giving me presents with mountaintops and ocean waves and spectrums and more, giving me peace beyond my comprehension and hope in the dark, giving me life everlasting that I can’t even conceive – but God through Your Son, I receive, I believe…the door of my heart is now open to You…
May I be Your soldier and follow You true. But you see every thought, every word of mine,You know. Like the weeds in my garden that grow new every day, what a mess it becomes…weed it and prune it and wash it a-new. If You were willing to die on the cross for me, let me make the choice Jesus, to do the ‘hard things’.
‘How Great Thou Art’ is the theme of my heart! But what did the angels sing? “Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings…” Each day I rise, may this be my phrase: “Joy to the world, the Lord is come… let every heart, prepare Him room.” How could it be the world today? Pushing You so far away? You are the remedy it so badly needs! “God and sinners reconciled…Hark the herald Angels sing, glory to the New born King!”
“Glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind…” Lord have mercy on us all, Your people who grow dull. May our hearts grieve over the wrong we have done. May we confess all the sin and ask for clean hearts. Father of lights, not just Christmas, but even every-day: “See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in Your way.”I will hold fast to what is True and pray without end with hope: “You rule the world with truth and grace and make the nations prove…
the glories of Your Righteousness and wonders of Your love!’ Your face is what I seek’, Your grace all sufficient! “No more let sin and sorrow grow, nor thorns infest the ground. You come to make Your blessings flow…”
I’ve made room in my heart, for You dear Lord, “Be near me Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay, close by me forever and love me I pray. Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care, and take us to heaven to live with You there.”
Amen, amen, He’s let me live. Of course I will say, Amen. No fear of man, when Jesus heals. Amen, again, amen!”
(This is my prayer, this is my heart. Thankful for a brand new start,toni)
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