A Prayer for SIL, Day 64

Lord, walk close beside SIL today, and whisper in her ear each time her foot strays from the straight and narrow path that leads to eternal life with You.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:6

Do not swerve to the right or to the left, turn your foot away from evil. Proverbs 4:27

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21

Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14

Lord, I pray SIL is one of the few who finds the narrow gate. Direct her steps and open her eyes to the spiritual world, to the battle waging over and for her. I pray she abandons the fence she is straddling with one foot in Your kingdom and one foot in the world. I pray that she chooses to stand with both feet firmly in Your kingdom and begins walking the narrow path You have designed for us.

In Your Guiding Name,

Amen.

Sidewalks and Life

As she walked, she thought…

“My life is like these sidewalks.

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Sometimes my path is straight and clear.

Sometimes it’s not.

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Sometimes it suddenly changes directions.

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Sometimes my life gets derailed for a season.

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Sometimes my life can be messy.

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Sometimes the way is rough.

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Sometimes there are times of darkness as well as light.

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Sometimes things try to keep me from moving on.

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Sometimes I find amazing treasures along the way.

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But all times, just like the borders of a sidewalk, the boundaries God has placed in my life keep me safe.”

And her heart was filled with peace as she finished her walk.