Father,
A kind father!
You are gentle, lowly, generous, humble and a friend to all. I would come and bend low for for you every weekend because bent low is where I see you. You spent your whole life bending low for those around you. You did the ultimate sacrifice to break yourself at the expense of us - sinners. And you did it with such joy! (Hebrews 12:2) I pray the weight of that gift would never be lost of me. May I seek you and the refuge you offer against the world. You are home, Lord. You’re the only thing in my life that I know will never leave. I’ve spent a lot of my life picking up the pieces of people that have left. When I go to the quiet place, where my innermost being meets yours, I feel secure. Secure knowing that you will never leave me, Lord. What a blessing that is!
I pray you give me a heart to pour out.
Amen.
I had a friend once write me a letter and in it was a incredible quote. I would love to share that with yall. In hopes that if you find yourself in a position to serve someone around you, it would be your heart posture.
“And at the end of these days I bend next to the bend and ask only that I could bend more, bend lower. Because I serve a Savior who came to be a servant. He lived bent over. And bent down here is where I see His face. He lived, only to die. Could I? Die to self, and just break open for love. This Savior, His one purpose to spend Himself on the behalf of messy us. Will I spend myself on behalf of those in front of me? And people say, ‘Don’t you get tired?’ and yes, I do. But i’m face to face with Jesus in the dirt. And the more I bend, the harder and better, and fuller this life gets. And sure, we are tired. But oh are we happy! Because bent low is where we find FULLNESS OF JOY.” - Katie J. Davis
