A PRAYER ABOUT THE HARD LESSONS LEARNED (WHICH HAVE LED TO A BETTER WAY)

Abba, I will not lie. You ask for hard things. And this leads to living a much harder path and in a much harder way. The hard lessons You have taught me have been quite painful.

Nonetheless, they have been huge blessings. I would not trade them for anything. They have made me who I am in this moment, and I am much better because of them. Thank You.

The hard lessons You have taught me could have come no other way, except by and through You. I am doing things that go against much of who I am and how I have thought and acted in the past (even a month ago). The lessons have meant that I am acting contrary to my nature. And I know that over time, this new and harder way will become a new me and way of life.

Thank You.

Help me do what You would have me do in every situation. I surrender all to You. My way is not the best, and in fact, my way is usually not the way to go. I do wrong things and have misunderstanding of things. I am also finite and am a mere human. There is nothing special about me.

The hard lessons that You have taught me mean that I am to live in a biblical way (fashion; manner) and go against that which makes sense from my perspective now. It also means acting contrary to what I would prefer. It means that everything inside in me screams to do something different.

But I trust You, I trusted You before and it has led me to where I am and who I am today. For which I am deeply thankful.

These hard lessons have taught me how much I have to grow and have led to great growth. And yet, I am fully aware that I must have a whole great deal more of growth needed and I trust You will walk me through every step and grow me in You and Your way. I never dreamed I would have to do what You have said. Although, that is an absolutely foolish and wrong way to think. Your Word has taught about each of these lessons.

Thank You that Your hard lessons mean living more of the Word, which means I have to know more of Your Word. For, it is all about You. I want to bring You more glory and point everyone to You and to Yeshua, and I sure cannot do that without learning the hard lessons, which are great blessings.