Said the clay to the potter.

Lord, Your words to me today (Isaiah 45:1-13) are about questioning Your ways. "Does the clay say to the potter, what are You making?"I'm feeling distant from You, and too busy to pray. Life moves along at a fast clip; I strive to get everything done. And Your message seems to be that You are working on me, working on the people around me, doing something that You've willed long ago. That I shouldn't question it, but accept it.


What am I accepting? What are You doing? You don't reveal everything to me--I don't know what You're doing--and so I get bored and wander away. I don't want to wander away. I want to look around me and see You.


Lee's friend/boss is leaving the company. How will this affect us? Will things stay the same at work? Get worse or better? This is a big unknown, and our lives depend on Lee's work. Lord, I pray for my husband, that You would strengthen him and give him confidence at work. I pray that You would use him to accomplish whatever it is that You have in mind. I pray that You would help him to see his own personal issues, and give him the strength to overcome them. I pray that You would show me how I should support him.


Your words today are about reassuring me that You are in charge. ("I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.") The prosperity we're enjoying now came from You. What happens as we move forward also depends on You. I need to be paying attention.


I prayed for a peace about my decision for Lily's schooling, and I got it. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for the way this situation has worked out. I pray for Lily and Isabel, for Your protection over them, and for their spiritual development. Show me my role in this.


I am adrift, professionally. Not really, not yet--but I fear I will be when the time comes for me to strike out and do something. I pray for Your guidance. I pray for an opportunity to write a book that glorifies You by September 2011.


I pray for Sara, for everything You already know.


In Your son's name I pray.
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