Don’t Worry

For the last few weeks, I’ve been starting my day by praying the following scripture,

It has been a great way to start the day as it orients me to start with thanksgiving and to present my requests to God, good and bad. It was a nice heartwarming practice until the morning I woke up mad. Once again, I had not slept well. I immediately started going through a list of things I may have done to disrupt my sleep. This led me to pick up my phone instead of my bible and scour the web for tools to help improve my sleep.

I was putting things in my Amazon cart and reading reviews until all suddenly I stopped and realized I had not yet prayed my Philippians prayer. As soon as I started praying, the anger, frustration, self-blame all stopped and His peace blanketed me. I picked up my phone again, but this time to empty my Amazon cart and close my search windows.

I went into thanksgiving thanking the Lord for His new mercies, my comfortable bed, the roof over my head, my mobility, my friends, my family, my community…I had an endless list of things to thank Him for. Yet, my gratitude was hijacked before I could even set my feet on the ground.

It was true. I hadn’t slept well yet again, but what was also true was that God is still good.

• God was still faithful.
• God continues to bless me.
• God never leaves me nor forsakes me.
• God continues to heal me.

So I made a choice, not to worry about my subpar sleep but rather fix my gaze on His goodness.

Friend, has your gratitude been hijacked? Whether or not it has pray this with me;

Father, I thank You that Your mercies are new every morning. I declare today I will not worry about anything, but through prayer, petition and thanksgiving, I will give my requests to You God. And I thank You that Your peace that surpassses all understanding will guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Until next week …

Miracles + Blessings!

Brenda