The Lord is my shepherd – I lack nothing. Psalm 23:1, NIV
I have went around and around with this verse. I have fallen on it so many times. I have wept over it. I have breathed prayers of desperation and poured out my need in my most threadbare moments.
And not once has He ever let me down.
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LORD,
I’m so tired.
I have nothing to offer.
Yet, I am Martha worked up in the kitchen with a fear that you will look in and see me and think..“Wow. She is not doing her part.”
When really, the problem is I’m trying to do all the parts.
God, I want to lean into you. I know you made me responsible for a reason.
But is it keeping me from experiencing peace and provision you have for me?
I need your touch Lord – and I need to see my tender and strong LACKING nothing shepherd coming for me and holding me.
I am
vulnerable.
needy
completely dependent on you.
You
lack nothing
have provision
have prepared a path.
have made a safe place for me to rest.
have a table set up – for me and my family to DWELL with you and enjoy your provision.
Oh Lord, do what you can do. Show me today how you have gone before me.
I need to see you today.
Threadbare Prayer: Lord, my tender and strong LACKING NOTHING shepherd, I trust you.
Amen.
Amen! Thank you!
Yes, Lord. Amen
So good and so needed! I love this idea!
Love this Stacey! Beautiful reminder as I feel so very threadbare myself.
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This is wonderful Stacy! I love the idea of threadbare prayers. I often feel ill-equipped to pray since I don’t have ALLTHEWORDS… Simple is powerful. And this is beautiful.
Thanks Erin. Praying for you.
Beautiful!
Threadbare. That’s the word, girl. Thanks so much for sharing your heart -with our Savior and with us. May He continue to show you the path and give you the strength to follow.
Thank you Denise. Praying grace over your heart as well.
This is where I also find myself lately, thank you for the encouragement this brings to my spirit, Thank You Lord, Amen!
Asking God to strengthen you Brandy.
As I have spent my days in a cocoon position unable to function, I know He is with me.
He is my comforter and redeemer and when I acknowledge that the the tears roll away from my cheeks and dampen my sheets I can heal.
I am suspended and wallowing in a time that clicks and I’m not part of the momentum.
Yet…He is there.
He is here.
I am not alone.
I desire for nothing.
Neither food nor drink nor the poundage that has escaped me so I desire freedom.
He is my comforter and I am encouraged that this will vanish because I have visited this cocoon in other years.
I emerge following rest and solitude with my Lord.
He is Who I need.
Yet, He is there… Amen.
I know you made me responsible for a reason, but…
I needed this prayer. Thank you.