Lord, you have seen me halfway through the week. You’ve seen me when I was just about ready to quit and give up and You’ve seen me when I was riding the heights. In all the flux of my emotions, You have been the only constant.

Help me to not look at the problems, but to see You in the midst of them.

Help me not to trust myself when I’m feeling good and the world seems doable. Help me to trust You always, in the good and bad.

Lord, I am taking this life one day at a time. I am like everybody else and I tend to forget You and Your goodness. I tend to delude myself into thinking it is all up to me.

Remind me of Who You are daily. Remind me of my need for You. Remind me of how strong You are to save and how gentle You are to hold me when I’m at my weakest.

Most of all, remind me that the best is still yet to come. Remind me that eye has not seen nor ear heard nor has it entered into the heart of man what You have prepared for those who love You. That’s what I wait and hope for.

I wait and hope for You, for You are what my heart desires at the deepest level, even though what I may think and feel would tell me otherwise.

Let me rest in Your promises and seek to prepare myself to receive them.

Last, be with all my family and friends and remind them, too, of Your mighty arms wrapped around each of us. May we shine like lights in dark places and lead people to You. Not only in the dramatic moments, but in the quiet, mundane moments, too. That’s when people are watching.

Thank You that You won’t stop until You’ve given and done everything You’ve promised. Thank You that You Yourself are the Promise that You give to us.

Amen.