Dear Lord,
How slow I am to respond to You. How fearful I am also… I understand that change and sacrifice can be painful, but need to trust that dying to myself will allow You to rebuild, reshape, resurrect me.
Even though I’m an introvert, You’ve allowed me to make connections with various people. I thank You for these holy friendships. They are emotional and spiritual consolations in a culture that mostly doesn’t prioritize You.
I can never judge though, especially because I used to be part of a morally relativistic mentality. I encouraged people to sin or to be lukewarm, rather than to love You by keeping Your commands. Many times, I encouraged materialism and hedonism. Because of my wayward past, I’m also grateful for my guardian angel. What hard work it must have been to revert me, my way of thinking, my deeply ingrained habits. So thank you, guardian angel, for your patience and perseverance.
As we’re getting closer to another presidential election, I’m recalling how former President Trump looked at the Republican National Convention after the first assassination attempt on his life. Jesse Romero described it as a kind of meekness and peace (probably with some post traumatic stress mixed in). I think he was touched by Your grace. Coming so close to death, and with people still wishing for him to be dead, he presses on because he believes this is his calling. Are You giving him that strength? If so, please continue to bless, guide, and protect him. May he be rewarded for all the work he’s done for protecting pre-born children. Let his conscience be further purified, so he can serve You all the better.
Like him, I also want to keep fighting. Life is worth living, and worth fighting for. Some days, it feels like a single battle is impossible to win. Remind me, Lord, that the ultimate victory is Yours. And if my heart and soul are close to You, I have nothing to fear. Please let me bring to You as many people as I can. Thank You for this quiet moment to reflect on these things. You are my source of hope, my resting place, the best friend Who is always faithful. Amen.
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