Day 238

Father, 

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures to all generations. You aren’t an outdated idea. You couldn’t possibly be, because You’re outside of time! And not only do You reign forever, but You are GOOD forever. Your ways are righteous. Like a loving Father, You bring discipline, but You don’t willingly afflict Your kids. It’s good for us to learn these things about You when we’re young. It’s good to have You drive entitlement from our hearts and grow us in patience before we hit life’s trials. 

Some of us are well into our lives and we still struggle to learn that, God. We never learn how to tell ourselves no for anything we want. We demand things on our timeline. And the minute we have to wait a minute, we lash out. We repent of our impatience. We repent of our entitlement. And most of all, we repent of blaming YOU when things don’t go our way, like the people of Judah, instead of seeing it as Your kindness and mercy. Woe to us, for we have sinned. 

Where our hearts and minds have wandered, would You restore us to Yourself, O Lord? You are a better treasure. You are a better goal. Your plan—even though it can be challenging to us—is better than ours. We confess it. Help us believe it.    

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment of our day, each decision we make, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

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