The Next Step

Dear Lord,

Today I am wondering, "What is the next step? What do you want me to be doing right now in regards to the grief ministry?"

My own mind tells me that I should begin planning a schedule - figure out when our next GriefShare session will start, plan out tasks to organize and prepare for the session and figure out how much ahead of the start of the session each task should be done, so that I can schedule them onto my calendar for this summer, and then I can begin trying to figure out what people would be able to help with different tasks, and I can ask them for help and let them know what needs the ministry has that they could help with.

I believe you have given us our minds and that you want us to use them, but I don't want to go running off on my own ahead of you and possibly miss something important that you are wanting me to do, just because I am so busy following my own thoughts.

Please give me wisdom in all areas of my life, but I especially ask for your wisdom in making decisions about this ministry to which you have called me. Help me to listen to you.

So often I want to be able to see the whole picture, but I know your word promises that it (your word) will be a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105). To me, that means that you may not always choose to show me the big picture, but you will show me the next step.

More than that, as I re-read that passage, I realize that the way you promise to guide my steps and be a light to my path is through your word, so I see that part of your answer to this prayer may be helping me to remember the importance of reading your word regularly. I know that I often do not spend as much time reading your word as I should. Please help me to make that more of a priority in my life. And thank you for calling that verse to my mind and showing me what one of my next steps needs to be.

You are one who listens everytime we talk to you and who always answers. I praise you for your faithfulness and the love you show by always listening!

Amen