“Your Father Knows" by Melanie Rigney (@melanierigney)

“Your Father Knows" by Melanie Rigney (@melanierigney)

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down/And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful/Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats/So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth/It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.  (Isaiah 55:10-11)

From all their distress God rescues the just. (Psalm 34:18b)

Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” (Matthew 6:7-8)

Piety

Father open my ears and slow down my brain and my tongue.

Study

There is absolutely nothing wrong with crying out to God for relief when the cross you carry seems too heavy.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with offering sincere thanks for the overwhelming blessings in your life.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with praising Him and adoring Him for the glimmers of His glory that we understand and the greatness beyond our comprehension.

We’re human, and humans sometimes need to put words to our emotions, happy, sad, gratitude, anger, or some jumbled mess of all of those.

So, spill it out. Afterward, thank God for His patience with you (and with each one of us). And then pray without words. Pray by listening. Pray by hearing. Pray by surrendering.

Action

Let Jesus take the wheel and drive your conversation with Him today.

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