Prayers

Tonight on the way home from work, a line from a nursery rhyme and another from a children's prayer came to me. I decided to look them up on the internet. The nursery rhyme goes like this --

Star light, star bright
The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

I decided to rewrite it, and in doing so, it became a prayer.

Lord of Light, Lord so bright
Your Love within me every night
I pray for comfort, I pray for peace
I pray for him, I pray he'll be all right,
And have this prayer fulfilled I pray tonight.


 The children's bedtime prayer dates back to the 1700s. Jim and I remember saying it in the 1950s when we were kids. The prayer is just as meaningful today as it was then, actually more so. Both of us gave our lives to Jesus, accepting Him as our personal Lord and Savior, many years ago.  Pray you have too.

"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
If I should live another day
I pray the Lord to guide my way.
Amen.

The Unknowns

"The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us."  ~ Deuteronomy 29:29

Today's devotional reading from Jesus Calling said, "Your future looks uncertain and feels flimsy, even precarious. This is how it should be. Secret things belong to the Lord, and future things are secret things. ... Relax and enjoy the journey in My Presence."

If we think about the unknowns, does it mean we don't trust the Lord to care for us?

If we don't think about the unknowns, does not mean we think it is unimportant?

I think Jim and I are striving to not think about the unknowns. God tells us not to worry. When we worry, we're not trusting Him to take care of us, to be with us all the way.

Our future is uncertain -- a big unknown -- we can't see what upcoming tests will reveal.

The future has always been uncertain, but it seems to be more precarious when it comes to our personal health.

Things of the future will become clear when God desires to reveal them to us. And when He does, the future is ours to live with Him. We need to continually Trust Him in the midst of the unknowns. He will guide us in each step we take.