For today’s blog post, instead of reflecting on a passage of scripture or giving tips on a life issue, I’m going to share a prayer I wrote out for this season of my life. You can find the prayer below!

I’m entering into a few weeks that I know will be difficult. With the start of the school year, a billion new health protocols, and writing responsibilities on top of it, my next days have the potential to be overwhelming. And I’m sure I’m not alone in this.

But I want to remember where my sustenance is found. And it’s not found in me. I don’t have to carry myself through hard times—and you don’t have to carry yourself, either.

My Prayer

Dear God, I want to count on You as my sustainer.

My human nature pulls me in so many other directions that seem easier, or more practical, or more obviously beneficial. I love to make to-do lists and cross the items off, one by one. By making these lists, I feel like I can take action and control the situation. As long as I’m in control, I can manage my life and count on myself for sustenance. I don’t need to ask others for help, and I like it better that way.

But control is not mine to take. We are not created to sustain ourselves. We are not meant to be self-supportive. By design, we are meant to count on others and, above all, to count on You.

And so God, please give me strength, comfort, support, encouragement. Not through transforming my circumstances to the way I desire—but through the experience of Your presence. I want to know You more. I want to be close to You in each moment, so close that I lose sight of my fears, anxieties, and even my to-do list.

I admit that I am easily distracted. Distracted by my work, distracted by screens, distracted by unhealthy thoughts.

But I don’t want to give my adoration to anyone but You. 

You are so good to me, God. Even in the storms of life, even when control slips through my fingertips, you place so many gifts in each day. Gifts of ripe peaches and fresh air and wagging tails and sweet giggles. 

I don’t deserve these things, but You give them so freely. Just like You freely give Your love, grace, and mercy. Just like You freely give Your presence.

God, I want to bask in Your presence, today and every day, because I know that only You can sustain me. I can not sustain myself through my own control. I can not sustain myself through to-do lists and self-help books.

And I don’t want to drag myself through life in this way. I want You God. I want You alone.

Please be our sustenance. Carry us through the beautiful times and the hard times, through the triumphs and the trials, through the tears and the laughter. May we always feel Your presence, because Your presence is the only place we can find true joy, hope, peace—and all the other good things in life.

I love you, God. Thank You for being so gracious to us.

In Jesus’ name, 
Amen

Friends, let us depend on God to sustain us, when life is good and when life is not so good.

And never forget… you are onederfully created by Him.

Love,
Becca