I was really hoping to be able to blog daily when I started this journey. I have not been successful at this, but I have been faithfully reading. I hope that someone, somewhere is blessed by these posts at some point. Anyway, today's reading is strange. I'm not really sure I understand the perspective or what Johnson is trying to say, much less what to do with it. Maybe I just need to pray for God's wisdom in this. In the last part of his journal / meditation guide for today, Johnson talks about what things we are called to do as Christians that involve our voices. I am in the middle of growth in this area. Because of my heart-struggles with people's perceptions of myself, I have a hard time speaking anything that might hurt someone's feelings or that might cause people to be upset with me. This is not Godly or good, and I confess it.
Holy God,
I pray for your kingdom to come through me today. Please forgive this voice-altering desire to have people like me. As I grow in you over these forty days, strengthen my voice, wash away my fear and self-doubt. Help me see as you see. Help my voice and your voice one and the same to my friends, family, acquaintances. Give me what I need to complete your will today. I give you my life, my soul, my everything for the sake of your glory and your kingdom.
Amen.
Amen!
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