Last November, I was blessed with an unexpected gift card to one of my favorite restaurants. I ALWAYS love an excuse to go out to eat. If I don’t have to pay to go out? Well, that’s even better.
So this was a very good surprise!
I couldn’t wait for the chance to use my new little plastic friend.
The more I thought about putting the card to use, the more enthused I got. Continue reading
LORD, build a dream inside my heart. Let it be YOUR DREAM and not my own.
LORD, whisper YOUR PLANS into my mind. I want to hear your voice, above all the other voices that clamor for my attention.
LORD, put a desire within my soul to SEEK YOU FIRST. I know that you are the only one who can satisfy.
LORD, start a revolution in my home. A revolution that says WE BELONG TO THE KING! We are His and He is ours. And we WILL NOT BOW to any other name or any other throne.
LORD, put a passion on my lips. A passion to SPEAK THE TRUTH about who you are and the great things that you have done!
LORD, direct my steps. I want to GO WHEREVER YOU CALL me to go.
LORD, open my eyes. Let me see the ways that you are at work all around. Show me how I CAN PARTICIPATE in those good works.
LORD, build a dream inside my heart. Let it be your dream.
Oh that I could be part of building YOUR KINGDOM…
COME!
YOUR WILL be done.
On earth as it is in heaven.
Amen
I once read a devotional by author and speaker Max Lucado in which he instructed his readers to pull out a piece of clean white paper. He then asked them to place a black dot somewhere on that paper. Interestingly, even though there is an entire sheet of paper to look at, most people will zero in on that one dark speck.
Isn’t that so true of life in general? We can get so focused on the negatives – those dark spots in life – that we miss out on the blessings that may be all around us. Continue reading
Christy Engelhart 