Threadbare Prayer: Psalm 23:1

by | Apr 4, 2019 | Connect, Encourage, endurance, Prayer, Threadbare | 15 comments

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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.

 

15 Comments

  1. Laura
    Laura on April 4, 2019 at 9:18 am

    Amen! Thank you!

  2. Anita Siecker
    Anita Siecker on April 4, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Yes, Lord. Amen

  3. Tammy Mashburn
    Tammy Mashburn on April 4, 2019 at 9:49 am

    So good and so needed! I love this idea!

  4. Amber
    Amber on April 4, 2019 at 10:31 am

    Love this Stacey! Beautiful reminder as I feel so very threadbare myself.

  5. Krystal
    Krystal on April 4, 2019 at 11:52 am

    ❤️❤️❤️

  6. Erin Todd
    Erin Todd on April 4, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    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.

    • Stacey Thacker
      Stacey Thacker on April 4, 2019 at 4:19 pm

      Thanks Erin. Praying for you.

  7. Tonya
    Tonya on April 4, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    Beautiful!

  8. Denise
    Denise on April 4, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    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.

    • Stacey Thacker
      Stacey Thacker on April 5, 2019 at 8:39 am

      Thank you Denise. Praying grace over your heart as well.

  9. Brandy
    Brandy on April 5, 2019 at 5:23 am

    This is where I also find myself lately, thank you for the encouragement this brings to my spirit, Thank You Lord, Amen!

    • Stacey Thacker
      Stacey Thacker on April 5, 2019 at 8:38 am

      Asking God to strengthen you Brandy.

  10. Mary
    Mary on April 7, 2019 at 9:01 am

    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.

    • Stacey Thacker
      Stacey Thacker on April 7, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      Yet, He is there… Amen.

  11. Laura Duprie
    Laura Duprie on April 7, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    I know you made me responsible for a reason, but…
    I needed this prayer. Thank you.