Yesterday was a challenging day for me for so many reasons. I woke up not feeling well, didn’t seem to be severe, just tired and run down I am guessing. Maybe a little bit because of poor sleep, so I didn’t have much energy. I tried to get some stuff done that was needed and ended up taking a few naps along the way. I took the night off from church service to be considerate to others just in case. Then as the evening approached there was a storm coming in, I heard the rain and knew there was going to be some loss but was at a point that I just didn’t care about much of anything. I have had some people tell me to make sure that I get some rest and find it one of the most challenging things to do. Even when my body stops, my mind is still going full speed because that is just the way my brain works. It is difficult for me to do what is written in *Psalms 46:10 Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God…* My life is filled with many challenges that the world around me will never understand. There are quite often times when the overwhelming sense of despair comes in. When this happens, there is one thing that always helps me make it through and that is prayer, and over the past few nights the prayers have been often because it feels like the attacks are intense. My prayer is simple, Heavenly Father, if it is Your will please touch me now with Your healing hands. I do not know what Your will is for me but whatever it is, I know that it will be good. Please calm my mind, body, soul and spirit, even the deepest recesses of my heart. Saturate my entire being with Your presence, love, joy, and peace and draw me ever closer to You every moment of my life in sickness and in health. And Father, I beg You to fill me with Your Holy Spirit and empower me to do Your work so that my life will bring glory and honor to Your Holy Name. I ask all of this in the precious and powerful name of the Lord Jesus. Amen. I like the words of Charles Spurgeon, “Whenever adversity must come it is always with a purpose; and, if a purpose of God is to be subserved by my suffering, would I wish to escape from it? If his glory will come of it, shall I not even crave the honor of being the agent of his glory, even though it be by lying passive and enduring in anguish.” My Beloved, may our gracious and loving God be with you all.