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A Very Present Help

There is that intense need again, Lord.

I don't really know why it comes or where it comes from.

It's that need to be alone--to isolate myself. But I know that's an impossibility. My world revolves around the "others" in it.

The press of people, the demand of duties, the tyranny of the urgent--they have all dealt hard blows to my chosen path of quiet contentment and joyous victory.

Of course, I know that You can and will overcome this sense of being pushed and pulled and shoved and put on display. How many times have I experienced Your tenacious devotion when this happens to me? Your power. Your wisdom. Your love. Your patience.

I guess my feeling of weariness and weakness only enables You to move more freely.

Thank You, Lord, for rescuing me--for pulling me out of the depths. I know that I could NOT face life without You--indeed, I would choose to not face life without You.

But then, how could I separate You from me?

You are my Source of Life--the breath I breathe.

You are my Motivator in Life--my reason for breathing.

You are my Goal in Life--my prize--the finish line.



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In Him we live and move and exist.
God, in whose hand are your life-breath
and your ways.
In whose hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Acts 17:28
Daniel 5:23
Job 12:10