A Prayer for the Girls Reading Worth the Wait

 

 

I usually participate in Confessional Friday, but I have something else on my heart today:

 the girls (young or old) who are reading or have read Worth the Wait.

I thought I'd share the prayer that's been on my heart.

 

 

Jesus,

I don't know her name, her age, her denomination or lack of one.

I don't know if she's happy or sad, lonely or confused, single or in love.

I don't know if her parents are married, divorced, or passed away.

Or maybe she's never met her parents.

I don't know her hopes, her dreams, or her fears.

 

But You do.

 

So, I ask that as she reads the words, that she would feel Your love.

The love that comforts, heals, restores, makes new.

The love that formed her in her mama's belly.

The love that died on a cross.

The love that never leaves.

That never forsakes.

That never disappoints.

 

May she know that You love her, and may she love You back.

If she doesn't know you, would You show Yourself to her?

If she's walked away, would You woo her back?

If she's already Yours, would you strengthen and encourage her?

Show her that Your love is enough.

That Your way is best.

And that Your plan for her life is worth the wait, worth the time, and worth the journey.

 

As You wish it to be, let it be.

Amen.

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Confessional Friday Good Friday Edition

It's Good Friday, the day we remember what Jesus did for all of mankind on the cross.

It's so hard to think about His suffering and even harder to know it was my sin that drove the nails.

What love!

 

I confess that I am a sinner saved by grace.

I confess I have no clue why Jesus died for me, but I'm so thankful He did.

I confess that Jesus is the only way to the Father. He said it Himself--no man comes to the Father but by me. (John 14:6)

I confess that even as a Christian, I still sin daily and need the precious blood of Jesus to forgive me.

 

 

 

 

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Sidewalk Prophets: Keep Making Me

 

Sometimes a song says the words we can't express. I've been listening to this song on repeat lately. It's my prayer for my own life, but I also think it sums up Ellie's experience in Worth the Wait.

Have you heard it?

 

What song captures your walk with Jesus right now?

 

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A Spiritual Lesson from Bubbles Carwash

I went to Bubbles Car Wash the other day, and just like the first time I went, it was hard. Usually at a car wash, they ask you to leave your car with them, and it comes back squeaky clean. Not at Bubbles.
Here are the rules:
1. Put your car in neutral.
2. Take your hands off the wheel.
3. Take your foot off the brake.

Then you just ride the machine through the soap, the water, and the huge wipers. Letting go of your control in your car is so much harder than you expect. You can't see where you are going, so your immediate instinct is to brake or to steer, but you can do niether. (When there's a car in front of you, it's even worse!)

While I sat praying I wouldn't wreck into the car in front of me, I realized that walking with Jesus is a lot like Bubbles Car Wash. I need to let go of my control over the situation and allow Him to steer me in the right direction and get me clean in the process.

It's so funny how God can use mundane things like a car wash to teach me new things. He's good that way.