I am still not feeling much like writing (or doing much of anything else) lately. I thought that I might be coming out of my funk this morning when I woke up but somewhere throughout the course of the day that same mood crept back in. I’m not going to lie, I gave into it today. But I really am trying here to pull myself out of whatever this feeling is that suddenly came over me. So in an effort to try and re-motivate myself I have been trying to read uplifting and motivating things and I came upon a book that I was given a few years ago called ‘Dear God, It’s Me and It’s Urgent: Prayers for every season of a woman’s life’ by Marion Stroud. I look through it from time to time and some days it helps. Tonight I was looking through it and came across this one prayer that I just wanted to share a part of.
Thank you, Lord, that you provide this belt of truth.
Please help me to discern the half truths and the lies hurled at me by the enemy.
And when they scream for entry at the doorway of my mind,
Help me to refuse, both to receive them or believe them.
Thank you for the breastplate that protects my heart and my emotions.
Keeping me from being wounded by the jibes of others,
Or being bound by the fear of the reactions of those
Whose good opinion is so important to me.
Banish compromise please Lord,
Enabling me to do what’s right-consistently.
And as I wear these running shoes of the readiness to share your love,
Keep me from being sidetracked, Lord,
or from avoiding the stony paths.
Help me to be ready to go wherever you may send me,
and prepared to set out at a moment’s notice.
The prayer goes on for another page or so but I just wanted to share the part that struck me the most. There was also a scripture in the book that accompanied the prayer.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
– Ephesians 6:10-11, NIV
I just wanted to share this with all of you and I hope that these words help someone else beside me today.
Jimmetta Carpenter
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