Faith, Family, Freedom
My prayer journal entry from May 31, 2021
I wrote this four years ago on Memorial Day, so I thought that I would share it this Memorial Day…
Monday, May 31st 2021 9:52p
Jesus,
I’m so grateful for the time I got to spend with Schaefer and Maddox with the family in Treasure Island. I wish Shannon could have gone. I missed her and I know the family did, too. Heal her cough and whatever sickness she has. Place your hand on her and just take it away. Please LORD.
Thank you for the beautiful weekend in Treasure Island. Hanging at the sandbar, talking with family, watching the kids play… it was fantastic. These are the memories I will cherish forever. I love watching Schaefer with his little cousins. He is so good with them and you can see the love he has for them. It makes me so happy. Maddox had excellent manners all weekend. It warmed my heart. I pray that as they get older, they will remain this sweet and kind. They are beautiful values to have.
Today, dad pointed out that I wasn’t as talkative. There is always something about the day before the work week that starts to attack me mentally. I get anxious and start to worry about the workload ahead of me.
LORD - continue your work in me. May I be anxious about nothing and know that you are in control. I pray that I remember to surrender everything to you and that I have the ultimate freedom knowing you are in control of it all.
Bless this week. Use me to change hearts. May I be a steward of what is yours. May I make you proud this week.
I love you.
Collin
Reflecting 4 years later…
Our boys have certainly grown up, but they still have these beautiful traits. So far so good, lol! Pray for me!
The verse ringing in my head right now is…
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)
Usually on Sunday (in this particular case, Monday) mid-afternoons, my mood would change. If I am being honest, sometimes it still does. It’s anxiety that creeps in as I start thinking about the week ahead. I love being an entrepreneur, so the only reason I can think of as to why this anxiety creeps in is because I always have a huge to-do list and I’m always starting off the week feeling behind. (If you are reading this and can relate, reply and let me know.) I don’t think I have ever felt “caught up,” so telling myself that “it’s going to be ok” if that task gets pushed back has been something I’ve had to train myself.
Too many of my weekends in the past were spent working so I didn’t get too far behind. Today, I rarely spend time working on the weekend.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
I have to remind myself that Paul was in prison when he wrote that.
I took this picture at CityLight Church yesterday.
I’m honored that I got to spend quality time with family on Memorial Day Weekend 4 years ago and again this weekend, but it’s not without a heavy heart in remembering the men and women who have fought and sacrificed their lives for our freedom. I’m eternally grateful.
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