forward

Jesus
thank You
for taking this year to flesh out for me the
beauty of individual uniqueness
for all of Your grace that allows me to delight in the me that You intended
[from before the creation of the world]
and to move forward
in trust
with one blind step after another



to learn that love is not a temporary emotional response to an individual
but that it is a way of seeing intrinsic value in each person
regardless of how little we understand one another
empowerment
to see a woman who has dreams
no matter how unrealistic
and to speak to her in such a way that communicates that
i know that You are 1- for her, and 2- able to accomplish all that You wish
because You are
near
[intimately knowledgeable of our circumstances]
caring
[compassionate- weep when we weep, rejoice when we rejoice]
good
[giving value and purpose]
loving
[grieves over broken relationship with mankind, selfless redeemer, healer, friend]

now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory...