2024 has found me on a path of searching and feeling alone and lost. I knew that I needed God and His presence and love, and He has been there, but I still felt lost and alone. This morning I read some pages from The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence and also some from The Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer. This morning’s prayer spark of “Be still and know that I am God.” I took a moment of meditation trying to quiet my mind. And All of these led me to Philippians 4:8-9, and God’s answer was right there. “Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you.” 💜 I have been waiting and praying for this peace…but have been going about it wrong. My mind was busy. I was focusing on so many things and my heart was broken, and perhaps I needed to go through this brokenness, but today I awoke to being able to be quiet and still, and even though I already had this passage of scripture underlined in my Bible and knew it, today it jumped out of the page to me in a new way, and God showed me so plainly how to be with Him. May the God of peace be with you all as well and that you feel His presence around you.

I'm struggling to keep on track it's makin me very sad :-(

Good morning. It was wonderful to receive my morning spark to start my day, and I am excited about this challenge and looking forward to how God will make his presence known and move in my life as I seek to draw near to Him. Thank you for your ministry, Susan, and your love for others in all that you do. I am so grateful to have you as a friend.