9-7-04

I'm very grateful for a great day, God. I still feel weird about it, because I was so happy, and I'm not used to that... and I have things looming, as usual, and I'm procrastinating, which makes it worse. Please help me change.

Please work on Alissa. Make her aware of Your Holy Spirit. Guide Llaura as she guides her sister, and deepen their relationships with each other and with You as a result of their conversations. I also ask that You would teach me how to encourage her in all areas of her life.

Thank You for Llaura and her family, and my relationships with them.

Thanks again for the bike, and money to spend on stuff I need.

Thanks for having Daniel IM me, and for the connection that was made. Please tell me how best to guide him back to You. I don't know what else to do besides listen, and tell my story. Please let me know when that needs to change, and when he is ready to believe again.

You seem so alive now, God. But back then, when I had separated myself from You, You seemed so dead. It's hard to believe in You, even now. How do I know my faith isn't just a product of my good emotions, which are a product of my good situation? Please test me again, God, so that I can know that my faith is real. That's kind of a strange prayer, I guess... maybe not uncommon, but still strange.

I want You to put me into a situation where I have no reason to believe in You, because it's then, when I decide to do so anyway, that I will really believe most strongly, I think. That would be so awesome, to live life with a faith like that. It would change alot of things. It would make me more devoted.

Please help me to be devoted tomorrow; more specifically, to devote myself to Your things, and to devote my things to You. Thank you again for being here with me today. I Love you, God.

Amen.