Thursday Prayer: My Body

Father, I confess I've hated my body more than I've honored it. I've looked in mirrors with disgust, criticized features I didn't choose, compared myself to impossible standards, and treated my body like an enemy that needs to be punished into submission. I've believed the lie that my body isn't enough.

Forgive my rejection of your craftsmanship. You knit me together in my mother's womb - every part was your intentional design. When I call my body flawed, I'm criticizing your work. When I hate what I see in the mirror, I'm despising what you called wonderful.

Teach me to steward this body from gratitude rather than shame. Help me care for my health without worshiping thinness or strength. Let me treat my body as your temple - worthy of respect and care, not because it's perfect but because it's yours. Thank you for this body that lets me experience your world, serve your purposes, and live the life you've given. Help me see it the way you do - fearfully and wonderfully made.

Friday Read: The Ministry of Presence

Job's friends showed up when disaster struck. For seven days, they sat with him in silence, grieving with him (Job 2:13). This was actually beautiful - the ministry of presence, sitting with suffering without trying to fix it. But then they opened their mouths and ruined everything. They o

Through the Waters

When you pass through deep waters, I'll be right there with you. Rivers won't sweep you away; fires won't consume you. I'm not promising you'll avoid hard times - I'm promising you won't go through them alone. My presence in the storm matters more than the storm's removal. I'm with you.

Thursday Read: The Body You Didn't Choose

You opened your eyes this morning in a body you didn't select. You didn't choose your height, your metabolism, your facial features, your body type, your physical capabilities, or your health challenges. For some, this body feels like home. For others, it feels like a prison - too tall, to

Wonderfully Made

I knit you together in your mother's womb - every part of you was my intentional design. You're not a random accident or a cosmic mistake. You're fearfully and wonderfully made, exactly as I intended. When you look in the mirror with disappointment, remember - I looked at you and called yo

Read more

Friday Read: The Ministry of Presence

Through the Waters

Thursday Read: The Body You Didn't Choose

Wonderfully Made