1 John 3:1

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. — 1 John 3:1


Lord, You know me. You know my heart and my thoughts. I long to be Your spirit-filled child, and yet and yet I don't act like it. It doesn't come naturally to me.

Thank you for the book! Thank you. I know that this book is Your book, not mine, and that it came from You. I want to do what is right in Your eyes.

Lord, this is Your book. I'm not in charge of what/when/how this is going to move forward. You know my heart. I want this very badly. But I also want to be Your obedient child, and maybe that means waiting patiently on Your timing. 

I can worry that Katharine won't get back to me, that she didn't see my email, or is too busy or uninterested. Or, I can push those thoughts aside, and pray. Lord, I pray that You will use this book to reach others, and that You would show me how to just be still and know that I'm OK. I pray that You would calm my heart. I pray that You would redirect my gaze to You. Please show me what I am supposed to be doing. You are a lamp to my feet. 

I pray for the future editor I will have on this book, and for the publisher, and for great things! 

1 John 5: 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.