God, thank You for being You. Thank You that You are in charge and I am not. Thank you for having every single molecule in the universe under Your control and every single moment under your Lordship. You are better than any words that I could possibly come up with to praise You.

Forgive me for hating on judgmental people when I can be very legalistic and pharasee-like (pharasaical? pharaseeistic? You know what I mean). Forgive me for condemning the spirit of greed in this generation while being envious of their possessions at the same time. Forgive me for reading books and always thinking that this person or that person really should read this part, when all along You meant it for me.

I am weak, but You are strong. So many times, I will listen to every other voice before I listen to Yours. I will go through stretches of my life where I barely give You a thought at all. Anything and everything in my life takes priority over You. But you love me still.

I have an amazing capacity to justify my own behavior and to elevate myself over others. Yet you gently remind me that I am still a work in progress and that while You love me, I stand at the cross on level ground with all Your children.

Bless You that tomorrow is a new day full of new mercies that never fail. Bless You that You have declared me sinless and righteous and one day You will make me just that. I am nothing, have nothing, and can give nothing but what You’ve given me.

Take my life as an offering and use it wherever, whenever, and however You want. All I have is Yours. All I am is Yours.

Thank You. Thank You! THANK YOU!

Amen.