Dear Jesus,

Tonight I put aside eloquence, I just have to tell you some things that are real and simple. I am sorry that these thoughts are jumbled, but I offer them as a prayer and thanksgiving unto You.

I‘ve had hard times in life, but I am so thankful. I know You. I seek more of You while some don’t even know what its like to feel Your love. Even when I don’t feel You near, I have the assuredness that You are there. I cant imagine going through life not knowing the Source of Life, the Peace Maker, the Way Maker. Help me to be grateful. Help me to share You.

This Earth is so complex and the hurt is so real. Help me to feel their hurt, help me point them to You. Show them how valuable and talented they truly are. Restore lost hope. Restore lost dreams.

Help me to be sensitive to those around me, help me affect lives by exhibiting You.
Help me to realize and be thankful for the small things- laughter, love, oceans, stars, reality escaping sleep-that in all actuality, are big things.

God, please open doors in my life. I would like to take a grand tour of your creation, and hopefully along the way find out I contributed more than I have taken. You have put me here for a reason. Help me to know. I will not let You down.

Thank you for giving me eyes to see beyond pleasure and pain. Thank you for teaching me through the best times and through disappointment. Help me to remain malleable in your hands.

Thank you for being there when I thought I wouldn’t want to go on if Mom left my side. Now that she is with you, I have Your peace. Peace that I never knew until I had to say goodbye. Thank you for things indescribable. You are such a comforter. Your strenth has carried me. Father to the fatherless, Friend to the friendless. You are. You are.

I want to stay in Your refuge always. Keep giving me dreams, I love them. Help me keep the faith, that through You, they will become reality. For now, I will deal with processes because I cant wait to see Your plans for my life unfold.

I love you always. Always. Always.
Kensie