My daily prayer...

A recent display of my own selfishness in front of my children, later caused me to go into deep prayer of forgiveness and guidance with my Heavenly Father. I have had a problem with anger, selfishness and a quick tongue for a long time. While it has gotten better, I am not satisfied with that. My children(nor my husband) are getting any younger and I don't want them to look back and remember me this way. I want them to remember a LOVING mother AND wife to their father.  I stood still in the amazingly peaceful presence of a merciful and LOVING God and poured my heart out. I realized it is NEVER too late. Afterward, I wanted something to actually print out and be able to read each and every morning to remind myself of the promises that I have made to them and myself. I want the following to be my focus on a daily basis. I may even sign it in the presence of my family and frame it!

“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

                         Psalm 118:24

~ I will give this day to the Lord. I will give Him my first fruits.

~ I will put my mood aside and show Love.

~ I will remember that life is but a mist, here today and gone tomorrow.

~ I will create memories of Love and Laughter, not of anger and hurt.

~ I will model Love for my children.

~ I will model a loving wife and mother for our daughter. She too will one day be a wife and mother.

~ I will model a loving wife and mother for my son. He will one day choose a wife and be a father.

~ I will strive to create a relaxed atmosphere.

~ I will make my home a warm refuge for the family.

~ I will be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger.

~ I will Trust the Lord. His love will flow through me no matter what my circumstances may be.

                                        This is my daily prayer.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.  It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.  Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
~ 1 Corinthians 18:4-8