"...We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!" -- Romans 5:3-4 MSG
Abba, troubles cause the fruit of the Spirit to grow within us. Pressure causes us to deepen our roots in Your Love. Obstacles develop character.
I pray that passionate, Christ-like character be developed within our family. Use the weights of this world to draw us into Your Bosom. May leaning into You cause us to grasp that we are the family whom Jesus loves.
Root us and establish us in Your Love so much so that when the winds of adversity blow, we will stand strong. We will dig deep. We will brace ourselves with Your Character.
Develop patience, develop virtue, develop character, I pray...and may we in turn prepare our vessels for the Living Water that You abundantly supply as our reward.
Expectantly waiting...
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