The Lord Be With You Today!
Isaiah 64:8
Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
(In this prayer of repentance, Isaiah declares
that even in the people's sin,
even as they suffer from their disobedience to Him,
the Lord, their Creator God, their Mighty King, their Covenant God,
is also still their Father God, the One Who loves them
as a father loves and cares for his rebellious children.
Today, the Lord still calls us to that same truth,
that no matter what we have done,
no matter what life has placed in our path,
the Lord is still Father to us, loving us and caring for us.
We still carry His Name. We still belong to Him.
He still calls us His Own. His DNA flows through us.
Just as our own children carry our DNA,
we carry His mark in us, a mark that connects us to Him to such a degree
that we are not our own, but belong to Him.)
We are the clay, You are the Potter;
(Because we are His very Own, He molds us and shapes us and grows us
to make us look more and more like Him.
As a potter takes the raw clay material and shapes it into his design,
so the Lord takes the raw material of our lives to shape us into His design
so that even our impurities and imperfections are smoothed out
and incorporated into and made a part of the beauty of His creation in us.)
we are all the work of Your Hand.
(When we face difficult challenges, when we feel overwhelmed,
when we grow discouraged, or fearful, or frustrated, or rebellious,
when we feel the Lord has turned away from us,
here is the truth that strengthens and encourages us.
We are God's work of art, His masterpiece.
We are never in any safer place, no matter what lies before us today,
than resting in His Hand, than knowing that He is at work in us,
than knowing that we are the work of His Own Hand.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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