Praising God.

Today I am praising God for His faithfulness and love for me.

God continues to teach me even though I have made my share of mistakes and have moments (unfortunately, daily) where my selfishness takes over and I act in ways that are impatient, unkind, and often self-seeking. He reminds me that He is there, He never changes, and I am His!

I tend to get stuck in Satan's lie that my moments of weakness and sin define me, and that others see me for that, and it is up to me to change that so they can see me for who I want to be and not who I really am (ick right)!  It has been a humbling and difficult challenge for me to just give that idea up to God, My Father. I need to trust Him with that idea and not let it dwell in my heart. I know I cannot change the past or how others will see me (as much as I would like to).
I want to feel confident in the fact that God fully forgives me when I bring my sin to Him and turn from it. I want also to be able to forgive myself, and be able to move on in my daily walk and not let Satan hold me back from living a life fully for Christ.

My prayer for today is that God would take away my "urgent longing" for others to see the good in me as He does. I pray that I would turn to Him with my hearts every desire and I would allow him to shape and mold me into the woman that He desires me to be.

I praise God for becoming more alive and present in my heart and life daily, and I pray that my relationship with the Father will strengthen me as a mom, wife, friend, sister and daughter.