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Meet Me Here

by | Jul 13, 2014 | Prayer | 13 comments

Abba,

Meet me here. Break open my secrets; help me to tell you what you’re longing to hear. Help me to be what you want your disciples to be. Help me to hurt when I hurt you, to feel shame. Help me to stand along with you and be utterly content. To know the joy and peace of heaven.

Help me to desire heaven, and to believe in it. To make it more real than life itself.

Thank you for the many ways you encourage us. Thank you for the sunshine, the birds, the unique beauty in every place you created. Help me to see through your eyes.

Show me how to be a missionary every day. Give me insight, Lord – find me worthy of wisdom. Help me to love at all times, and to never stop believing in you.

I believe I’m afraid of pain, afraid of hard things. Help me to count it a blessing when I suffer, to rejoice and laugh despite sorrow and pain. I pray you will find no deceit in my heart.

In Jesus’ name I pray,

Amen.

*This prayer can be found in Atlas Girl by Emily T. Wierenga, pages 103-104)

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Today I joining with … Give Me Grace and Spiritual Sundays and Sunday Stillness and Scripture & A Snapshot and Still Saturday .


In My Thoughts,
Joanne

13 Comments

  1. Simply Beth
    Simply Beth on July 13, 2014 at 9:11 am

    Beautiful! I am looking forward to reading her book. Wishing you a blessed Sunday. xoxo

    • joanneviola
      joanneviola on July 13, 2014 at 9:58 am

      You will be blessed for reading it. It was such a hard one to put down & yet I did not want it to end 🙂 Have a wonderful Sunday!

  2. lisha epperson
    lisha epperson on July 13, 2014 at 10:00 am

    I’m looking forward to reading the book too. “Break open my secrets” … Powerful. Thanks for sharing Emily’s work here. She is a gem and so are you!

    • joanneviola
      joanneviola on July 14, 2014 at 10:09 pm

      Thank you Lisha! You will very much enjoy the book. It is a great read from cover to cover.

  3. sarahgirl3
    sarahgirl3 on July 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    Beautiful words! Great for a Sunday! 🙂

  4. Barbie
    Barbie on July 14, 2014 at 4:09 am

    I’ve added this book to my ever growing list! Looking forward to reading as well.

    • joanneviola
      joanneviola on July 14, 2014 at 10:09 pm

      Barbie, it really is a must read! Emily’s words are both beautiful & powerful.

  5. Anne Payne
    Anne Payne on July 14, 2014 at 4:30 am

    A beautiful prayer. Thank you for sharing it today. I’ve seen the book advertised but haven’t picked it up yet.

    • joanneviola
      joanneviola on July 14, 2014 at 10:10 pm

      It truly is a wonderful book which both made me think & touched my heart.

  6. passagethroughgrace
    passagethroughgrace on July 14, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    Amen! I have hooked up with Jolene Underwood to send encouraging notes to the women and children at Lulu Tree which is the organization that Emily founded in Uganda! So blessed by her ministry.

    • joanneviola
      joanneviola on July 14, 2014 at 10:11 pm

      That is wonderful, Mary. I am sure the notes will be a blessing to both the women & children.

  7. cmjenniferm
    cmjenniferm on July 21, 2014 at 1:42 am

    That is a beautiful prayer. I’m interested in that book.

    • joanneviola
      joanneviola on July 24, 2014 at 7:41 am

      I cannot say enough about the beauty in this book. I highly recommend reading it. It was wonderful & every page was a blessing!