Joshua 1:8

Joshua 1:8 
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Think of the Word of God as a night light that allows us to see in a darkened world. We will never know God’s hidden will until we obey His revealed will. 

Lord, I pray for my meeting this week with Lee and his psychiatrist. I am at a loss, caught off guard, because all the things that have been causing problems--his dismissiveness of me, his irritability--have been much lessened since he went on Zoloft. He's been kind to me, like he was when we first met. It almost seems too early to go to see the psychiatrist, because I don't know yet if this new Lee is going to hold. Do I go to the meeting, and talk about the irritable Lee I've been living with for the past 8 years? Or the kinder one of the past week?

I pray for Your guidance. Your word says, Be kind, be forgiving, take care of each other. I pray that you would show me what that means in this context.

I pray for Lily, that she would develop new friendships with kind children at school. I pray for her in advance of the standardized testing. Lord, I pray that she would reach her academic potential, and that You would lead her in the way You have set out for her. I don't know Your plans for her, but I know that Your revealed will is that she trust You and behave in a loving way towards others. I pray that You will show her in a powerful way that You exist, because I'm obviously doing a terrible job of it. I pray that You would give me the words to say, and the wisdom to help steer her toward You.

I pray for Lee and the situation with the band. I pray that he would feel accepted and valued and that he won't feel pushed aside. I pray that he will see the bright side.

I pray for the Cul de Sac. I don't know what Your plans are, but I pray that my choice to be faithful and keep going is what You want. Since now I've signed on to keep going, I pray that You would show me what You have for me to share with others.

In Your son's name I pray,

Amen