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What Makes You Beautiful

July 30, 2024 By Rebekah 0

Recently I’ve heard several conversations about beauty and what makes someone beautiful. As a people-watcher, I love to see the interactions and hear what people have to say about beauty. So often, though, there are the negative responses that we all know too well - and that we’ve probably all said at one time or another. People feel they aren’t beautiful because of a perceived defect, a dislike about their appearance, the fact that they don’t live up to the latest fashion standards. I’d like to talk about beauty for just a few minutes, and I’d like to share what makes you beautiful - regardless of who you are, what you look like, or what you’ve done.

We all know the saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and I’ve even said that while looking at some works of art in our local art museum. It’s hard for me to find beauty in some pieces of art; I don’t understand them and so I write them off as “odd” or “quirky”. But to some people, they are genuine works of beauty.

I think many of us, especially women, feel beautiful when we are wearing the latest fashion, are adorned in beautiful jewelry and have our make-up done just right. That certainly adds to the beauty of our appearance - our outward beauty. So many people certainly look beautiful when they are “put together” and dressed well!

Beauty also comes from within, though. Some of us may be the first to jump in when there’s a problem, or if a friend needs a meal, or if a fellow mom is struggling. Inner beauty - we all know these people, too, and hopefully many of us have not just an outer beauty, but an inner beauty as well.

And, in thinking about beauty, I realize that we often find beauty in child-like innocence. How often do our kids say something and we think about their innocence - how they haven’t been warped by the world’s standards, or the world’s opinions of them - and realize we’re beholding beauty? Innocence can do that - it can remind us of true beauty!

But, really, what makes you beautiful?

All of the beauty I’ve listed above, all of the reasons to call something beautiful, are not what makes you beautiful, though, at least not at the root of it all.

You are beautiful because someone wants you.
Because Someone wants you.

That’s it. Plain and simple. You are beautiful because you are of value, worthwhile, full of great worth, to Someone.

Not only are you of great worth, but that same Someone proved it to the world by dying on the cross.
For you.
For me.

Maybe you don’t believe that; it’s okay.

The historical evidence does show that a man named Jesus died on a cross, and history confirms what I read in the Bible.

So maybe you don’t believe He died for you, but maybe you can believe the historical perspective that He did die. That’s a start.

And from there, can I ask, ever so humbly, would it hurt to believe He died for you? Would you stand to lose anything by believing He died for you?

Something for you to ponder, maybe.

Jesus died - for nothing that He did, but for everything that we would do - for all the wrong that we would add to this world.

He died for us before He even created us.

Read that again, if you would… He died for us before He even created us.

In fact, even though we sin, He still loves us. This is such a well-known verse, but sometimes those are the easiest to cling to as they stick in our minds and hearts -

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8

I’m going to admit a little bit of selfishness, of my humanness here - I wouldn’t die for too many people in my life. Anyone else feeling the same way?

However, if I were to give up my life for someone, I would have the security of knowing that I would be in heaven with God.

Why? Because I was wanted; I was bought with a price; I was chosen.

Say those words - out loud:
I was WANTED.
I was BOUGHT WITH A PRICE.
I was CHOSEN.

I AM BEAUTIFUL.

Friends, who you are, and what you do can make you attractive, pleasing to look at, pleasant to be around.

But you are already a work of art, crafted by the Master who not only creates, but also restores and renews our lives to transform us more and more to His image.

No matter where you are today, you are already beautiful. Leading a life submitted to Jesus’ authority will polish off the rough edges, and help you to shine more as the beautiful work of art He created you to be.

He wants you - so much so that He died to give you the opportunity to remain His prized possession, His beautiful masterpiece.

Whatever you are wearing today - you are beautiful!

Maybe you’re a mom in sloppy old clothes, cleaning the house - you are beautiful!
Maybe you’re a teenager traveling through rough waters, wondering how “us old people” might possibly have a clue about fashion or about your life - you are beautiful!
Maybe you’re doing the whole parenting thing on your own and you haven’t slept and are still in pajamas - you are beautiful!
Maybe you are wearing clothes that are unfamiliar to me because you come from a different culture and live in a different region of the world - you are beautiful!
Perhaps you are praying for clothes that fit because finances are a mess - you are beautiful!
Or possibly your wardrobe is full to overflowing with all the best - you are beautiful!
Maybe you’ve traded your clothes for an outfit from the place you currently have to be because of the wrong you’ve done - you are beautiful!

It’s not our looks, it’s not our status, it’s not who we are or what we’ve done.

It’s ONLY Jesus. It’s ALL grace.

Whatever you look like today, you are LOVED, you are WANTED, you are CHOSEN, and you are BEAUTIFUL!

Father, I pray that you would take these words that you’ve given me in my quiet time today, and place them so gently into the heart of someone who needs them, just as I did. May we remember that our words and actions can add to the beauty you’ve already created in our lives and because of our lives.
In Jesus’ name , Amen.

And in case you are ready to make the choice to believe in Jesus - even just to try to believe - would you lean in close and pray this prayer with me?

Dear Jesus, I acknowledge that you have created me, and that you know all my shortcomings and all my wrongs, and that you love me anyway. Would you fill my heart with your Spirit, be the Lord of my life, and guide me in your steps? Please forgive my sin, please make me whole. Help me to know and understand you, and to love you more each day.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

If you prayed that prayer - those words in italics - would you let me know? Leave a comment here, or email me ([email protected]) or find me on Facebook and let me know.

Wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever life has for you today, YOU are beautiful!

Because it’s not who you are, what you wear, the place you live, or the things you do that make you beautiful.

What makes you beautiful? The fact that Someone - Jesus - already created you, already paid the price for you, and already made a way for you to be in Heaven for eternity.

Amen!

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A New “First”

July 21, 2024 By Rebekah 4

We have a lot of “firsts” in life, don’t we? First breath, first steps, first school, first job, first home of our own, first child, first blog post…the list is different for each of us. Last night I had a new “first” - first time on the radio. My dear friend, Vonetta Carter, had the opportunity to fill in for a host on a one-hour segment last night. Vonetta asked me to join her so that she could interview me, to which I’m pretty sure I laughed out loud and texted back a reply something like, “What?!?!” Vonetta was so passionate about her request, so I summoned up all my courage and said okay. We headed out, together, on our journey to share the hope of Jesus.

Why did she choose to interview me? She said God put it on her heart. Over the few years I’ve known Vonetta, God has been moving us closer together in terms of the type of ministry He’s giving us. Vonetta has a YouTube channel (click here) where she shares video messages of what God shares on her heart, and I sit and share God’s words here, in written form.

What I’m about to share with you is all for God’s honor and glory - it’s ALL His!

Something powerful happened here on this blog last month, though. I know some of you are aware, but others may not be. This space has always been about my personal journey outside my “neat and tidy box” of how I think life should run. When I started here about 15 months ago, I told God that I’d take this journey with him, and would gladly share what He gives, but I didn’t want to write about marriage or missions - both were topics that were already being covered so well by others, that I didn’t need to lend my voice. (Go ahead and laugh - even I know how ridiculous it is to tell God what you won’t do…yet, that’s what I told Him!)

In June, I wrote a post about marriage - just one - because it all came together so nicely in my mind, and apparently it came out pretty well “on paper”. Within two weeks, that post received more views than any other post I’d ever written - TEN TIMES more views than any other post. Please know - that’s not to brag, at all, but to show the power of saying “yes” to what God gives us to do.

Writing about marriage - I had said no to God about that, and look what He did.

What about missions? Well, God hasn’t specifically said, “Time to pack up your family and move around the world to go share the good news with others.” Instead, as I’ve started to write, He’s taken me on my own little journey, and I didn’t even realize it at first. It took the whole first year before I even really looked at the stats in great detail.

See, my purpose here isn’t writing for you, or even to you. My purpose here is to share the words God gives me - always for my own journey with Him. The fact that He brings people to read, as He will, is amazing to me.

And that’s just what He’s done - He’s brought people to this page from 107 countries of the world. In some of those countries, people aren’t allowed religious freedoms and they certainly are not to be Christians.

Have you heard of the 10/40 window? According to the Joshua Project website, the 10/40 window is defined in this manner:

“The 10/40 Window is the rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia approximately between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. The 10/40 Window is often called “The Resistant Belt” and includes the majority of the world’s Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. The original 10/40 Window included only countries with at least 50% of their land mass within 10 and 40 degrees north latitude. The revised 10/40 Window includes several additional countries, such as Indonesia, that are close to 10 or 40 degrees north latitude and have high concentrations of unreached peoples. See the original and revised country lists on this page.”

Of the 68 countries listed on the Joshua Project website, this site has been read in 33 of those countries. How? I have no idea - I don’t know people in most of those countries.

Last night at the radio station, Vonetta was sharing that God gives us dreams - desires of our hearts - for a reason. He can take what we do with those dreams and use it for His glory. If God gives us a dream, He isn’t bound by our understanding of circumstances to accomplish His will. For example, it would take me a long, long time to physically travel to the 107 countries where the blog has already been, to share any of the posts here. However, in just over a year, God has already moved these words - His words - across borders, to reach someone who needs to hear of Him.

That compels me to make sure I’m sharing with you what He has, not ever what I think you should hear. Please know that anything you read here will always come through prayer and a deep desire to convey God’s words, never my own.

As Vonetta asked the listeners last night, what dream has God given you that maybe you aren’t sure how to pursue? Or maybe you’re hesitant to pursue the dream as you can’t possibly imagine how God might work it out. The first step is simply to acknowledge the dream that God has put in your heart, and to say yes to God. You don’t have to understand His plans, you can simply pray for guidance along the way, that God would open and close doors appropriate to His will.

Vonetta and I are proof that God will open doors that no man can close, in His perfect timing and in accordance to His will. Her story is an amazing story that I can hopefully share here with you someday.

One of Vonetta’s final questions to me last night was something along the lines of, “What’s the most important piece of advice that you could give to our listeners, or to your readers?”

Can I just say, there’s a lot of great advice out there - a LOT. And I was nervous and hoping for some good words and clarity of thought as I attempted to answer that particular question well. I was so amazed to see that my heart went right back to the basics - to what I’ve known all along, and to what I hold as the foundation for my own life. My answer to her question about the most important advice I could give to someone was this: Make sure your own relationship with God is right. Pursue Him more than a spouse, more than a career, more than life. All other relationships, decisions, concerns will fall into place when your relationship with God is right.

I would love to ask - are you trying to pursue a dream God has given you? Are you ready to try that new “first” in your life? How can Vonetta and I come alongside and pray with you?

And humbly, would you pray with us? There is a hurting world out there, right outside our door, across the ocean, around the world - a world who desperately needs the good news that Jesus loves them, that Jesus loves us! Would you pray with me as God continues to use this space for His glory? If you have a friend who you feel might benefit from reading something here, would you share this site with them? (If you’re looking for a particular post, let me know and I can send you the link).

After seeing all that God has done here, and all He’s doing through Vonetta’s ministry, I am more determined than ever to keep this space active and full of God stories, of good news, of encouragement for each of us on this journey.

Remember to check out Vonetta’s video ministry - powerful!

May God bless you, may God bless us, as we follow His will and His leading. Vonetta, thank you for a new first in my life last night - praying for you as you continue in your ministry, and I’m so grateful we can be taking some of this journey together!

A final reminder, one of my favorite verses:

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13

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This is the Confidence

September 17, 2024 By Rebekah 2

This is Autumn Inspiration Week and I’m sharing thoughts on Bible verses that begin with the letters in the word autumn. You can start with reading
A: Ask, Seek, Knock
U: Unless the Lord Builds the House

And today we’re looking at the next verse -

T: This is the confidence we have in approaching God:
that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. I John 5:14,15

As a parent, my children sometimes all talk to me at once. Uncertain as to if I’ve heard them, they all start asking me, “Did you hear me?” or, “Is that ok?” or “Are you listening to me, because this is important!”

When they are all talking to me at once, it’s hard to hear, process what they’re asking, think about an answer and then actually answer them.

I realize that God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all those strong, wonderful things, but the concept of Him hearing millions praying at any one time? It boggles my mind! I can’t process 3 requests at once (well, not often anyway), yet God can hear us all at one time and answer as He sees fit, for our very best.

Not only can He hear us, but we’re given a promise that He will hear us, that He does hear us, if we ask in His name.

Let’s note - this does not mean that He promises to answer in the way we might want Him to. Remember, He is God, we’re not. He promises to hear us. And let’s think - out of all the people in the world, how many promise to hear us? I can tell you, if I’m being honest, there are days I don’t hear my husband when he is talking to me. It’s not because I’m tuning him out, it’s just that there is so much going on that I have to fight to find his voice.

Friends, it’s not like that with God!

When we pray, He hears us. He hears us! The God who created us, who fashioned us, who placed us on the earth at this particular time, He doesn’t leave us, He stays with us, and hears us!

And even when we can’t pray, when all that we have are the groanings of our hearts, when we ask of God, in His name, He promises to hear us.

It’s THAT simple.

And it’s THAT amazingly grand!

And if we can trust God’s promise to hear us, let’s trust that He will work on our behalf, for our good, and for His glory!

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. I Thessalonians 5:24

What a blessing that God has given us!

If you’re interested in more posts focused on Autumn Inspiration, please visit some of my friends. You can click on Autumn Inspiration, or the orange icon below. Stop by and visit them - you won’t be disappointed!

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Unless the Lord Builds the House

September 16, 2024 By Rebekah 2

I’m sharing a week’s worth of devotionals this week, using the word AUTUMN and choosing a verse that begins with each of those letters.

Here’s where we are so far -
A: Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7

Today we’re moving on to the next letter.

U: Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain…. Psalm 127:1

I am not a builder. When it comes to building houses with Lego or Lincoln Logs, my kids know I’m pretty much hopeless. Don’t get me wrong - I will try. But if you want a Lego house with anything more than the most basic structure, I’m not the one to ask. It’s pretty much a given that my efforts will be in vain.

But when my husband builds a Lego house, it looks like a pretty impressive structure - one that any self-respecting Lego person would love to live in! My husband is the one with Lego skills; it comes easily for him. Therefore, the kids will ask him to do the building.

We, as people, can construct things on small scales because we can have some control over that. We can even construct things on a larger scale - like an actual house, that families can live in - because we can operate within the constraints of that size and scale.

Unless the Lord builds the house But what about the spiritual level? We can’t see or know what’s going on in the spiritual realm. We didn’t create the spiritual level, we can’t control anything that goes on in that realm like we can in the physical realm.

So why would we trust spiritual growth and development to anyone but God? He created the spiritual level. He knows and understands it. He put us on the earth at this particular time in history for a reason.

As I work to nurture my children’s spiritual development, it’s not something I can do on my own. I can know of the spiritual realm, I can know the battles that go on, but I cannot control the spiritual realm. Only God can. I want my children to continue to develop their relationship with God, and I can lead and point the way, but that relationship is between the child and God.

As parents, we have to trust God to build the spiritual house that our children will live in, because we cannot construct that for them. We can lay the foundation, provide support for the relationship in terms of sharing our relationship with God, but we cannot force them to have their own relationship with God. We have to leave that between them and God.

I’m grateful that our children made decisions for God at an early age, but I know there will be times where they will need to revisit their decision and continue to see that relationship grow and develop. I have to trust that as they pursue that relationship with God, He will continue to remain faithful in building their spiritual house.

I’m grateful for the opportunity to work on putting these posts together for Autumn Inspiration Week. Feel free to stop by and read some of the posts by some other fabulous bloggers.

Other posts in this series:
Autumn Inspiration Week
A: Ask, Seek, Knock
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Dream Big Dreams {For Our Children}

August 7, 2024 By Rebekah 2

Being married to a man who is a dreamer and visionary, we talk about big dreams a lot. As we’ve had children, we’ve talked about dreaming big dreams for our children. A sense of fear seems to pervade my attempts to dream big, even for our children. It’s not a fear of my own lack of success, but a fear that we might set them up to possibly fail. Not intentionally, of course, but along with my own fear of failure, I think I project that onto my dreaming for them.

Dreaming Big Dreams

Yesterday I shared about dreaming big dreams and a few requests that I made of God at the beginning of my blogging journey. Were my dreams big enough? It seems that I dream with some fear attached to it - a fear of failure. It’s completely self-inflicted because my parents were wonderful at encouraging my pursuits. I think the fear came with my own notion that “perfection” is the goal. How wrong that was! I think I’m so goal-oriented that “dream” and “goal” have been interchangeable in my own mind, and I realize they should not always be used in the same manner. I’m working to change that.

Dreaming Big Dreams {For Our Children}

I’ve watched as my husband has spent time with our children, sharing some of his dreams for them. His way of thinking is so opposite of mine sometimes (ok, maybe a lot of the time!), but he conveys his dreams for them with no fear attached. He has a way of making dreams, goals, and achievement seem exciting! He also has a wonderful ability to convey how to achieve those dreams. But, he doesn’t consider failure attached to a dream - he just sees the dream as an ultimate possibility.

My own recovering-perfectionist spirit used to try to remind him that he may be setting them up for failure by sharing some of his big dreams for them.

He has never accepted the idea that he may be setting them up for failure. (Wise man!)

He has reminded me that if we don’t teach our children to dream, we are, in essence, telling them that mediocrity is okay.

What a great lesson for him to remind me of - mediocrity is not the goal. And just as we sat with them through attempts at talking, walking, bike-riding, schooling, we need to sit with them at their attempts to learn to do their best. And even in their attempts to learn to dream big dreams.

We’re learning - and some of you seasoned parents already know this - that we have to open our children’s eyes to possibilities for what they can do in life. As they grow into their gifts and talents, then their likes and dislikes, and strengths and weaknesses, will begin to shine through, and we’ll be better-equipped to know what direction to guide them. We also have to continue to remind them to be following what they feel God has for them. Making life-choices should always start and end with prayer.

My husband has been providing a good example of what I mean by opening our children’s eyes to the possibilities of what they can do. Our kids are all musically inclined. Our oldest, nicknamed Mozart because, well, it fits, has been taking piano lessons for over 5 years now. And he’s good. (Must brag a little!)

When he was younger, there was a little discussion of continuing to take lessons, and maybe working toward music as a big part of his life. As he has gotten older, their discussion has become more fine-tuned to various things he can do with his gift and talent if he continues to pursue it - composing, teaching, musical groups, things like that. We’ve also shared more piano music with him, so that he can hear some of the best pianists at work!

Dreaming His Own Dream

The result has been that we now have a teenager who has a better grasp on what he wants to do with his life.

His intent is to pursue music through high school and college. I love that!

But do you know what I love even more? He knows what he needs to do to reach that goal.

And that’s what I love most: He’s doing what he needs to do to take steps toward achieving his goal! His practice time has increased substantially. His effort is matching his practice time - he is working hard!

Big Dreams and Big Prayer

As Tim and I dream big dreams for our children, we’re able to share those with them and teach them the steps to take in dreaming their own big dreams. Our prayers for them take on new depth as we pray for them to always hear God louder than anything else (even us!), and that they would stay close to Jesus and share His love with those along their path.

And if I’m being bold, then I’ll let you in on a bit of our dream and say this:
We hope to see you at a concert hall someday
where our Mozart will play from the music of the Mozart, to many eager hearts!

In case you missed the previous post:
Part 1: Dream Big Dreams
and you can also find
Part 3: God’s Big Dreams {For Your Life}

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God Sightings

May 3, 2024 By Rebekah 2

“God sightings” is how my children refer to them – those times when you have loved or served or given, as God might. Those times when you know that a thing was possible only because of God. Because God showed up - He intervened - and took what we had to offer and used it for what HE had to give.

I have been a Christian as long as I can remember. God has been in my life always, to the point where I have a hard time understanding how other people feel when they have been without God for many years and then come to know Him as an adult. I know many people choose salvation at a young age, during their childhood or teen years, but not everyone.

Last night, at a regular, routine, completely ordinary small group meeting, God showed up - in a great big way. I had the privilege of praying with a lady who made the decision, as an adult, to accept God’s gift of salvation.

I’m fascinated by a God who offers saving grace and eternal life until that final moment when we breathe our last. Despite all that we can do to mess up life, He is still willing to forgive, to forget, to free us from all that has entangled us. God is all about mercy, grace, forgiveness, restoration and hope. The world is all about blaming, finger-pointing, greed, destruction. And God’s blanket of love covers that. God Himself covers over all of that in our lives with His amazing grace.

As an adult, what must it be like to turn from
suffering to salvation, darkness to light,
pain to healing, death to life ?

But as an adult there is often more. There is baggage. There is hurt and confusion and a lifetime of uncertainty and searching. There are questions. There are years of wonderings and wanderings. Choices have been made, life has been lived.

And the answer is as monumental as it is simple:

God is love.

Whether you are 2 or 102 when you first understand that, that is all there is to understand. It’s as simple as it needs to be for those who need a short, solid answer. And it’s as complex as it needs to be for those who need a strong, foundational explanation. You can add words to it to help explain life to a seeker, or you can simplify it and switch the words around to teach a toddler that, “Jesus loves me.”

I will never know what it’s like to live life and then to meet Jesus later in life. But that’s not the story that God is writing for me. My story is different than that. My story is the God-story for this heart and life. Your story is the God-story for your heart and life.

And whether you have always known Jesus, or if you meet Him near the end, or somewhere along the journey, the simple truth remains, and it is all we really need to know. All of the rest of what we learn is based on this truth, which grabs our hearts, lifts our heads, lights the way. It is as strong in its all-encompassing wisdom, as it is gentle in its child-like simplicity. It is all we need to know, and the grand sum of all of life.

God is love.

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The Tough Stuff

April 20, 2025 By Rebekah 6

Hollow eyes, lack of appetite, extreme agitation, exhaustion, anxiety, increase in scripted speech (meaning, quotes from TV, books, etc) that I can’t break into and get him to stop, regressions, resistance to any kind of touch unless it’s on his terms (meaning no hugs or kisses or hand-holding or snuggles unless he can tolerate it and/or initiates it), lack of ability to find the right words, recall issues, memory issues, gut issues that I know are affecting him. The frustration that I know it’s all connected and that the regressions frustrate him, and not knowing how to fix it for him.

Last week he was talking and the words came out a jumbled mess. He literally grabbed his head and growled in frustration. I was impressed - a great moment of self-regulation, as he was able to stop, slow down, and start again. Yet, the look on his face made me realize that it must be a mess in his head right at that moment. He does not grab his head.

He complains of headaches a lot lately.

We see the doctor soon.

And that’s another great story! Last fall our favorite pediatrician learned she had cancer. At that point, she wasn’t sure how they would be treating it. We recently found out that she’s back to work. I’ve been calling, on and off, to see if I can schedule Picasso’s next appointment with her. We finally got it all put together and he will see her in just a few weeks. Several appointments ago, she told Picasso that he could call her Aunt Sharon because we’re all friends. She left to get the papers we needed and he came back and said, “I’m going to call you Fraunt Sharon because you’re my friend - FR - and you said I could call you aunt. So Fr+aunt = Fraunt. You’re Fraunt Sharon.” You could see her heart overflow with love right in front of us!

We’ll see Fraunt Sharon soon. We’ll discuss all these issues. We’ll discuss if we’re doing enough. Or not. We’ll discuss options. We’re praying for some good insight for Fraunt Sharon. And for real clarity for us.

I’m not worried. I’m concerned. We go through this several times each year - probably more than several. If it’s this hard for us to work through with him, I can’t imagine how hard it is for him.

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We appreciate your support on our journey.

Love Wins.

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Requesting Prayer

September 17, 2024 By Rebekah 2

Last Sunday, Picasso had a very tough time at church. (You can read about that here.)

Today is also not going very well.

Therefore, we are requesting prayer as we prepare for church tomorrow.

We have a schedule chart (not perfect, but it will do as a starting point), we have someone to go with him to Sunday school, we have prepared him as best as we can, and we are hopeful. We are not going into this expecting the same results as last week, but learning all we can from last week, to help with this week.

Here’s how you can pray.

*Pray for peace for him, for the remainder of today.
*Pray for a good attitude so we can help him through this day.
*Pray that he will rest a little this afternoon (maybe even sleep, as these emotional ups & downs seem to wear him out, and he was up very early this morning - possibly before the sun).
*Pray that this will turn into a GOOD day for him!

*Pray that he sleeps well overnight.

*Pray that when he wakes up tomorrow, he is at peace.
*Pray that morning interactions with the family go well and that he will eat a good breakfast.
*Pray for his Sunday school teacher and the mom going to sit in to help him - that he will be open to both of them, and that he will listen well and have fun.
*Pray that he will be easy to redirect, if necessary.

*Pray for peace in his heart and mind.

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