Beauty for Ashes

Lord, ready my heart for whats to come. all I know is that your will, will be done. Ready my heart as I walk down this road. I don’t know where it’ll lead, the path is unknown. Lord, ready my heart to stand firm on your truths. to hide them in my heart and rely only on you. Ready my heart to show love and grace, and compassion and forgiveness in a situation full of hate. Lord, ready my heart to stand firm and fight, when all I want to do is run away and hide. Ready my heart by making my weaknesses strong, help me hold the shield of faith in those moments I can’t go on. Lord, ready my heart to love like you do, in every situation i am forced into. Ready my heart for what you’re taking me through, because no matter what happens, my hope and faith remain in you.

Thank you Lord for the promise of peace that comforts our anxious thoughts.  The kind of peace that guards our heart and our mind in the most trying of times.  The kind of peace that comes in the midst of our darkest hour and carries us through the minutes and sometimes seconds of the day.  Thank you for giving us a place to rest when we grow weary and a firm place to stand.  Thank you for your whispers of hope and the joy that comes every single morning.  --Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 

God will sometimes ask you to leave the safety of the shore and make your way out to deeper waters.  To face your fear head on and not look back. He will ask you to simply trust His way. To trust His plan for this journey even though you don’t understand what’s happening. To trust that there is a reason why you are being called deeper and a purpose for all of it. The hard part is walking out into the water knowing that  you will have to go deeper than you've ever been before. But with each step, you'll make it a little deeper. With each step, you'll make it a little further down the road.  With each step, draw nearer to God.  Fear not, for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties.  Isaiah 41:10