DEDICATION

I write out my prayers. Not all of them.....during the day, my conversation with God is on-going. But I enjoy giving my imagination and my pen freedom during my prayer time. I go back and read my prayers again and again with fresh eyes. Each time I speak the words to The Lord, I nenew my commitment.

On New Year's Eve, 2012, I renewed my promise to walk with God in my daily life and dedicated the new year to Him. When I wrote these words, I had never heard of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, I had never had a bone marrow biopsy, and cancer was known as the "C" word! I had no idea what the new year would hold for me. What a difference four months makes!

In reviewing my December prayer, I find that the promises of God have held firm, the nearness of the Holy Spirit has given me peace, and the love of Jesus Christ has carried me through some very scary situations. I share these words in the hopes that you will be inspired and blessed.

"Dear Lord, tomorrow marks the beginning of 2013. I dedicate this year to You, Lord Jesus. Let this be the year of my life that I stay close in your presence. Help me to be still and know. Help me to study myself as a workman. Help me to trust in the Lord and acknowledge Him. Help me to hide in the refuge of your wings. Help me to continually ask, seek, and knock. Help me to go into all the world. Help me to do for the least of these. Give me love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Give me the traits that will cause my children to rise up and call me blessed. Father, into your hands I commend my life in 2013. Take it and see that it is good."