October 31, 2022
Good Morning Yahweh. It’s the last day of the month of October – another month has gone. Thank you for bringing me this far. Thank you for your grace and your promises. Thank you for saving me and keeping me alive and sane in this many times crazy world.
It’s not easy many times. But there is strength in you. There is healing in you. There is everlasting love. I am firm believer that no one is indispensable except you. And while I was concerned about who would be willing to take my place/position next year in church, I am also glad that they were able to suggest someone. I pray that it is someone young and who is willing to do it.
Yahweh, I pray for the grace to work for you. I pray that they will seek your will at all times and that they will trust you. That they will honour you. That their love for you will overflow into everything that they do. In the name of Jesus.
Confession: I haven’t done an in depth study in a week or so. It feels weird. But I also don’t know what to study – truly just been one of those times. So today I will start a Bible reading plan, “Love Letter for Singles.” We will see how it goes. Yahweh, I pray that I will learn more of you and also of myself. Cause they go hand in hand.
What is this season used for?
- Strengthen our prayer lives. I truly believe that this should be happening whether single or married though.
- To heal from broken relationships and traumas of the past. (This always seems to happen in stages though and Yahweh takes the time to heal one thing before progressing to the next.)
- To discover new things about ourselves and our potential.
- To be a blessing to others. Hmmm. Ain’t this supposed to happen all the time?
- So much more!! There is so much wrapped up in whatever Yahweh desires of us that to write it all would be a never-ending exercise.
Jeremiah 33:3 – Call to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you great and mysterious things that you do not know.
Yahweh, thank you for answering when we call. Thank you for sharing who you are with us. I am thankful. I truly am. I love doing your work. I truly do, but I think I just breathed a sigh of relief upon nothing that leadership position. I know that you have called me to lead and to guide, but I’m also recognizing that there are so many ways to do so. There are so many ways and it was not until this moment that I realised how stressed and borderline depressed I was about it. Yahweh, I pray that the drama and attacks do not continue. I pray that they will be able to grow and to lead your people in the path that they should go. I’m excited to see who is taking up the mantle. And I know that this is a total aside, but I am thankful.
Psalm 16:5-6 – The Lord is my inheritance and my cup.
You are the one who determines my destiny.
6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.
Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.
You don’t desire bad for us. As a single person. Not gonna lie: as a single person in the church, I often feel neglected and used by the church community. There is usually little support for folks like me. But I am thankful that my father loves me. I am thankful that you determine my destiny. No one else and that your plans for me are good. Yahweh, I’m thankful for who you are. I love you.
Jeremiah 29:11-14 – I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope. 12 Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me, 14 I will let you find me, declares the Lord. I will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I’ve scattered you, declares the Lord. I will bring you back from the place where you are being held captive.
Lol. Two thoughts: I was so excited when I saw that the first two scriptures in the reading plan were promises that you made to me directly, so was waiting to see if the third would be also. And it is!! Happy dance.
Second thought: Singleness is not a place where we are held captive. Lol. I just found the last imagery funny. I know it wasn’t meant that way.
Yahweh thank you for your promises to this single lady. Thank you for seeing me and loving me. Thank you for this season. Thank you for who you are. Thank you for your continued grace and strength. Your favour in my life. For your favour in this household. Even though things are tough, you keep blessing us and I am thankful and beyond grateful for you. Let your will be done. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
