I WILL TRUST IN YOU

There is a song coming about the prayers I have yet to pray... and I WILL TRUST IN YOU. When I look around and see there is so much to do, so much I have not done, and all the things I meant to do yesterday, but never got around to it. I imagine a "TO DO" list a mile long, pages and pages of prayer requests, people whose hurts and pains and trials I earnestly long to contend for, but have yet to contribute tears and time to bringing them before the throne of grace. I have blurted out prayers in the shower, muttered requests while doing the dishes, and did I mention I have found myself continually behind on "doing the dishes?" I read this morning from a devotional about being "CHOSEN OUT OF THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION..." Doing dishes is not the furnace of affliction. Being behind on chores and daily duties is not as much the problem, it is not taking the adequate amount of time to intercede for the Saints and for those everywhere... but even in this ...I know the Lord hears and is listening and is working and has never left me or you in all that we do or do not do. He is faithful. And He sees all that is on you today, the weight of the world on your shoulders, the children that follow you around asking a hundred questions, the little ones that seem to never be content no matter how much you give them, and how tired you are in the midst of your circumstances. One of my dearest friend's dad is in the presence of the Lord today. Ten months ago she was there for me when my mom took her last breath. Some of my friends are going through marital separations, divorce, custody battles, broken limbs, fighting cancer, losing everything to a house fire, and trying to figure out what reality looks like after losing a parent months ago and now a spouse just yesterday. The Lord is everlasting strength. He is our rock and our salvation. For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. Psalm 48:14