I got behind this weekend on the prayers for your children (although I'm sure you have prayed for them every day).
Prayers for your children:
#8: Mercy
May my children always "be merciful as their Father in heaven is merciful." (Luke 6:36)
#9: Respect
Father, grant that my children may "show proper respect to everyone," as Your Word commands. (1 Peter 2:17)
#10: Strong, Biblical Self-Esteem
Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are "God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:10)
#11: Faithfulness
"Let love and faithfulness never leave my children, "but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablet of their hearts. (Proverbs 3:3)
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Let Me Be a Woman
by Elisabeth ElliotChapter 10: One Day at a Time
Psalm 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
...none of us knows the will of God for his entire life. God gives us enough light for today, enough strength for one day at a time, enough manna... This is part of the meaning of God giving us our daily bread as we seek Him in His Word each day. That's why life is a journey of faith from Point A to Point B to Point C. If we already knew everything (although we think it would be better), it wouldn't be faith, would it? In various stages of your life, as you look back, do you not see that overall the incidents of it fit together into a pattern for good?
When my children were younger, we made timelines of history and in one lesson we made timelines of our lives. Try this for yourself and actually write down the major incidents over a period of 2-5 years. Begin with Day 1, your birth and fill in the information up to today. It helps to remember and look back over what God has done to see how it all fits together. Continue your personal timeline out to age 80 or 90 as many live that long today. At almost 55, my life here is more than halfway finished but I am amazed to see the tapestry coming together as I look back and can see in hindsight what God saw in that "present". Each day of our lives will eventually open up into a season, a year or a decade. He really does have a plan for you personally. Trust Him and look to Him for direction in whatever stage of life you are in.
I love this last line in the chapter: The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived--not always looked forward to as though the "real" living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.
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