Feeling Your Presence

Dear Lord; First off, let me say Thank You for watching over Jonathan yesterday during his trip.  He had a wonderful time, and seems to have learned quite a bit from the experience.  Seeing that light in his eyes brings me more happiness than almost anything else in this world.

Secondly, I want to thank You for all of the inspiration You provided me with yesterday while finalizing the wedding script.  I have to say, I’m very happy with the results and the Bride seems to be as well.  Now I just pray that I can deliver Your Words with the reverence You deserve, and bring Your Loving Presence to those in attendance.

Also in my thoughts today Lord, is my Wonderful Wife Shannon.  As You know, she teaches a preschool class and is absolutely amazing at working with those children.  Like any group of kids, she has some that are far more challenging than others and over the last couple of weeks she’s been struggling with one in particular.  Father, she takes her care of these children so personally that when she has difficulties reaching even one it hurts her heart very deeply.  Please comfort her spirit Lord, and fill her with the understanding that every act of love she performs for these little ones is never in vain.  Take her in Your Embrace, and let her feel Your Presence so that she can continue to bring her love to these children.  Amen.

And today Lord, I’m actually going to add a P.S. to our conversation.  The other night on TV, they showed “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.  I was thrilled to see a happy piece of my childhood still being aired, and my kids absolutely loved it.  More importantly Father, it’s one of the few Christmas specials that talks about the real meaning of Christmas and not the more generalized “Holiday” messages.  One of my Facebook friends posted this link this morning, so I thought I’d close by sharing it.

Your Loving Message comes to me in so many ways Lord.  🙂

~Phather Phil