Tamar - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Tamar - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Though [God] slay me, yet will I hope in him.

— Job 13:15

REFLECT ON:	2 Samuel 13:1 – 31.
PRAISE GOD:	For giving us a hope rooted not in the events of this life, but in eternity.
OFFER THANKS:	That God has the power to restore our hope.
CONFESS:	Any hopelessness about your life.
ASK GOD:	To show you that he really does care about you.

Lift Your Heart

Whether we suffer from sexual abuse, the loss of a loved one, divorce, sickness, or financial reverses, we can sometimes feel hopeless about the future. But anyone who belongs to God will not be consigned to a hopeless end. Even if you have difficulty believing this, pray for the grace to want to believe it. As a small gesture expressing your desire, plant a bulb garden in the fall. This simple act will affirm your belief that even after the harshest winter, spring will come again with its profusion of color and new life. If fall is still far away, buy a colorful bouquet of flowers to grace your bedside table for the week ahead.

Father, plant something new in my life, a sprig of hope that will set me on a new course. Help me to live in the present, spending my emotional energies on this moment rather than squandering them on regrets about the past or anxieties about the future.