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"Wretched man that I am!" -Romans 7:24

My selfishness mixed with my blinded ignorance is stunning in measure. O Lord my God, thank you for forgiveness. Thank you for creating an atonement of all my past, present, and future sins in Christ Jesus. Today, I have begun to realize how silly my thoughts have been lately. The past few days I've felt alienated from folks and these ideas have been stewing notions of anger, distress, and jealousy toward my community. In being completely wrapped up in my own desires for centrality and glorifying myself; I could not even see how loved I am. That all the while I was having a silent pity party in my thoughts- the reality was that people were including me, inviting me, engaging me, caring for me, and loving me.

Of course, I never need to be caught up in feelings of unimportant loneliness because I have Jesus always, never leaving or forsaking. But, for myself it is rarely that I truly am without others beside Christ- but that the prideful uplifting of myself is too big to let my eyes see the people around me. So glad God's grace is bigger than my sin!

[an aside: the prayers focused on thankfulness.....sooo good and spirit brightening]

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It has come to be my own belief that there is never a day when I give thanks for all that I should be thankful for. Most of what I send to the Lord is my own requests and complaints, most of what I talk to other folks about is what needs to happen, things that can be improved upon, what went wrong and how something should change. But something HAS happened, even when no one sees it or appreciates it and without a first, where would the improvements be, where would growth come from. Thank you for building blocks, thank you for foundations, thank you for working mysteriously and right under our noses. Thank you for not letting me see each detail and not knowing what is to come.

Do you think anything would change if my prayers were focused only on giving thanks and nothing else, for say...a week? Starting....tomorrow.. :D

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

Know that the LORD, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!

For the LORD is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

-PSALM 100

WOW! this is going to be tough, i already have something new to complain about. geeeeezz..