Father,

We thank you for all the tests and trials that make us stronger. Help us to gain the experience, knowledge and wisdom from each challenge that these times bring our way. Father we thank you for the people in our lives that love us enough to help us break down the walls of our boxes, and polish our hearts until they shine beautifully and brightly. We have been making room for you, Father, and we invite you in… into our bodies, our minds, our hearts, our families, our communities, our countries, our governments, our world. We welcome You in all. “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

Grant us the endurance to stand in the face of everything that tries to knock us over, Father, and the grace to do it with ease. Allow our inner knowing to ring true always. We are Your children, and we are willing to stand the tests of tides. You have strengthened our will. You have reinforced our faith. And you have done it out of Love. Your great plan is in motion and we are an integral part, by rising out of the levels of slavery to a self-realized society. We claim the endurance to stand firm. “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” (Ephesians 6:13)

Bless us as we help one another become stronger. Guide us to use that strength in the best way that goes in line with Your plan. Help us be love and shine that love in all we do and in doing so, allow us, our inner us, the strong, loving, dynamic, creative Souls that we are, to rise up and come out into the open with grace. To stand in that strength, to meet every challenge, and to bless those that bring them to us. “My grace is all you need, for my power is the greatest when you are weak.”  (2 Corinthians 12:9)