Faith:

     Lord tonight I stand before you and ask that you teach me not to run ahead of you.

     It is so tempting to move in my own strength and have  a backup plan in the event of your disinterest.  Oh Lord, I know that isn't the case with you, and I want to be changed.

     The struggle feels like more than I can bear, yet all the while your Word is more real than the way that I feel.  Thank you so much for that.

     So Lord, as I have done so often, I come to you tonight and lay this burden down at your feet.  You designed it, and that I recognize.  It is yours.  I yield to you Lord.

     I stand before you and submit to the surgical knife of the Lover of my Soul.

     My Lord and my God.