Running On... APRIL 2014 | Page 10

Dear God,

I thank you so much for everything you have done for me. Please help me and lead me down the right path. Lately, I have been feeling like I just can’t control myself and that I am worthless. Please help me fight back these thoughts and just be myself. Also, help me not hate anyone.

Dear God,

I want to know who you are, what you’re all about, and what you’re like.

I’ve spent my whole life being told by others who you are and who you’re not, what you are and what you’re not, how you are and how you’re not, and everything in between. I’ve been told where I would find you and where not even to bother looking. I’ve seen so many different depictions and pictures of you, and I’ve heard countless stories about you, including many people’s personal accounts of their experiences of you.

Throughout all of this, I admit that I’ve had my moments of doubting you and questioning you, but deep down in my heart and soul, my faith and belief in you have always remained strong.

Now I’m coming straight to you. I’m going to the source and asking you to let me get to know you, to reveal your true nature to me so that I might live in complete alignment with you and give my life to serving your purpose. That’s what I really want more than anything else, and in order to do that, I feel I really have to know you, and our connection has to be direct, personal, intimate, and undeniable.

Dear God,

Please just help me, God. I need you.

Dear God,

Please guide me in all of my endeavors. I know You alone have seen all of my struggles and hardships. I entrust into Your mighty hands my future, and my life, and whatever success and accomplishments I may draw from my hard work, I will offer them all for Your greater glory. Please, Lord, keep me safe in Your warm embrace and never ever leave me. Lord, I know that You know that I am starting to get myself back together and strengthen once again my lost faith in You. Lord, please forgive me for all of the doubts I have made about You. I am sorry for being so sinful at this young age. Lord, please continue to shower my family and my friends all of the blessings that they deserve. I am sure that You alone could understand me as of the moment. Lord, please, never ever leave my side.

Dear God,

Sometimes I get extremely frustrated and don’t understand what it is that you’re trying to show me. Is it that I’m not supposed to rely on people, because recently important people were taken away from me? I am trying so hard to comprehend what is going on around me and I can’t seem to. You obviously have something miraculous planned for me, but please make it come soon. I am trying to be patient but it becomes more and more difficult when what is going on in my life is preventing me from finding peace in my dreams. I will continue to wait for whatever it is that you’re planning, God. Please let it be worth all of this that I’m going through.

Dear God,

My soul is worn out from hardships. Please add some sunshine to my life.. please.