Day 14 of 21 Days of Prayer
Day 14 of 21 Days of Prayer
| 26 December 2023
Today is a slow day. Yesterday felt like two days—the morning and the evening their own days. It was a sweet day yesterday. Happy and sad. Bittersweet but with the youngers, still magical. This Christmas was like none other.
I think my mom says it best in her post about this season and what it has been like and how it has felt:
“This Christmas season has been so painful for our family. And yet we’ve seen the hand of God in so many ways, giving us gifts and being so near in the biggest heartbreak we’ve ever faced as a family.
This was our first Christmas with Oceana and our first Christmas without Grandpa. Blessings and heartbreak hand in hand. ”
https://www.abigailaviva.com/2023/12/christmas-2023.html
Today was slow and I am tired. Not quite sad exactly but not quite happy either. Middling.
I am working on lists and preparations and getting things in order. None of this…death…is fun. It’s sad and difficult. It’s things you’d rather not do or think about. You would rather mourn or remember all the good and happy things without then going into the details of after. Anyways, I’m rambling to myself and just processing. This really has become a kind of online diary for me.
Now it is time for some joyful things.
It’s 4:10 pm now. On the tv plays the colored It’s A Wonderful Life, one of my favorite films and Christmas movies. In my new nutcracker mug is steaming chai tea with cream. George and Mary just kissed on the tv. Sandwich bread is now baking. Christmas lights are shining in the evening light. It’s cold so I sit bundled in blankets with my mug in one hand and write this to you with the other. Now they are married! I love this movie so much! It’s so fun watching it with my sister (my movie watching buddy). My youngest brother is watching too and looking just about ready for his nap.
I’ll sign off for now. Happy day after Christmas! <3
Why must we keep facing attacks? Hasn’t this year been rife with its challenges already? Why one more hit? Hasn’t it been enough? Can I take any more?
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
—1 Corinthians 10:14
I will remember truth. I will wait on the Lord—on God my Father—on Jesus Christ. I’m Him I will trust and wait on. In Him I place my hope and faith.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
—Romans 5:1-5
I will not fear or put to mind anything but God. I will focus on His truth and what He says. What can man do to me? My king is God. My help is in the Lord.
I have all I need in Him. I will not fear. I will not lose heart. I will set my mind on things above. I will set my eyes on God.
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
—Colossians 3:2
God is my strength. He is my hiding place. I am safe in Him. I will trust in Him. I am weak. He is strong. My strength is in Him.
I do want to say a quick thank you to everyone who has read my post about my grandpa’s passing. It means so much to me that you would read my words and feelings and memories about my Grandpa and for all the support and kind words I’ve received. Thank you all so much! You are all so incredible and have brought smiles to my face. I’m so grateful for you all. May God bless you all. <3
- Favorite Christmas memory with Grandpa: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-memories-my-favorite-gift-w-grandpa.html
- Grandpa passing: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/12/with-father-grandpas-passing.html
What I Read…
- Psalm 51
- Psalm 52
- John 8
Previous days:
- 21 Days Of Prayer
- Day one | praying for specifics and to be a light for God
- Day two | praying for my future husband
- Day three | processing…
- Day four | check ins and journal entries
- Day five | seeing God in EVERYTHING + the crashing waves of grief
- Day six | feeling SEEN in the Psalms
- Day seven | Feelings muddled under the surface of my skin
- Day eight | rejoice always
- Day nine | I feel like a little girl. I feel lost. Surrounded by rubble.
- Day ten | God connects stories
- Day eleven | talking about what’s been happening…Grandpa passing
- Day twelve | Christmas Eve
- Day thirteen | Christmas Day
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