Peacemaking

Lord, you have been our dwelling place
    throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.
5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.

Psalm 90


Lord, I need to reorient myself, put myself back in the proper perspective. I'm made of dust. My life span is a fraction of a day. 

I'm feeling guilty about being home and not bringing in more money for our family. Lord, I pray for this book, that this gamble will pay off. I pray that this book will be Yours, and that You will enrich my family through it. I pray that if that is a selfish and self-centered desire, that You would change me. Change my attitude. I long to rest in You.

I pray that You would move me through Chapter 11, make Chapter 11 a pivotal turning point and my best chapter yet. Help me to ease through it.

I pray for my girls and the two girls who are playing at our house today. I pray for Your protection over them as they jump on the trampoline. I pray that they will place nicely together.

I pray for this peacemaking group, which is already causing conflict. Or conflict avoidance, I should say. Lord, show me how to handle the various hurt feelings and decisions not to participate because of them.

You are God, and I am Your beloved child. I am small, You are massive. I pray that You would redirect my thoughts towards You and my focus towards You.

In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen