February 19th, 2011

Dear Yahweh~I'm sorry I haven't written here recently. It's been more than two weeks! And so much has happened since then! Raquel came home, I turned 15, Elsie turned11, and even more! Today was my birthday party, and it didn't go as planned. But I know that YOU are in control and that you always have a plan unlike your unfaithful daughter who so often ignores Your Word! Lord, I've been thinking lately(dangerous business, I know), how in the Ginny Owens song, "Call me Beautiful", the first verse nearly describes me nearly to a T:
I've been waiting
For a hero who's brave and strong
Someone to love me
Someone to tell me I belong
So I pretend I'm satisfied
And I stand watching on the sidelines
Till You pull me into the light
And say, 'It's your turn now 
welcome to your life'
And You call me beautiful
And say You've loved me all along
And You've always held the keys
to unlock my soul
Oh, You call me beautiful

Lord, why do you love me so much? You call me beautiful! You love enough to call me beautiful! Even me! For me, that is something inconceivable. I can't imagine someone who can see all of the sins I commit and what I think call me beautiful? Help me to remember your love at all times, especially when I feel so alone!
Your daughter, who You call beautiful,
Moriah

Groundhog Day, 2011

Oh my Lord~

Thank-you for keeping us safe during the blizzard and blackout, despite Margary setting her hair on fire and the hot water not quite working for a while. Thank-you for keeping my heart at peace throughout these last two days, Prince of Peace. Today was just wonderful! I got to talk with Raquel for about and hour and it was simply Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! (Yes it really did mean that much to me!) And in February, this month of Thankfulness, today I am thankful for a family who loves me even as I am, and who is nowhere near perfect, but wonderful just the same.

Yours, not my own,

Moriah

February 1st 2011 (short note)

Dear Lord~

I know it's usually my tradition to write every night, but today

has gone so unusually well, that I had to. I'm writing to thank your everlasting

mercies in letting us video chat with Raquel today. It has really lifted

my spirits!

Respectfully yours,

Moriah

January 31st 2011

My Dear Father in heaven~

Today was one of those bitter sweet days. I heard form

Raquel for the first time since the wedding, but Papa left for SC

this morning. This whole month has been very bitter sweet, with the wedding,

and some of my dearest friends moving to a different church, and Daddy traveling so

much. It's been one of those months where I'm glad I have You...

And now I'm here listening to music and writing to Someone dearer to me than anyone, anywhere. Yahweh, help me to remember that in all my troubles. That You Are Above ALL. There is nothing that can tear us apart, not even Satan at his best. You will always be there, and

you will never change, or stop caring about me. Thank-You, Yahweh, for

being there for me!!

Lots of love,

Moriah, Your daughter through Christ.

January 28th 2011

Father in Heaven~

Please help me through this difficult time of changes. There are so many changes in my life right now, and I can't see the life I wanted to have. Help me to understand that Your life is better for me than I can imagine, that not all the puzzle pieces are in yet

In your son's holy and awesome name,

Moriah

January 27th 2011

Dearest Father~

As I sit here tonight writing this to You,

I know only too well that I have not done well today,

and that I have no right to assume you will listen to me.

That I have not loved my siblings when I ought,

and I have ignored You and your Spirit, and I have not

obeyed your Holy and Awesome Word. But I also know that

You DO listen, for the sake of your son, Jesus Christ.

And in his name I pray, O Father, that you create in me a

new spirit, so that I may love You with my whole heart, soul and mind.

In your son's name, who lived and died for me,

Moriah, your un-holy daughter.

January 26th 2011

Dear Jesus~

Thank-You so much for dying for me, a worthless

sinner who ignores Your love and forgets what

You've done for her... Please help me to notice

You and all Your love in the future and to love others as You

have loved us** in a way I never have before.

Through, YOU, and you alone, is this possible.

Your daughter who doesn't love You nearly enough,

Moriah

**³⁴A new commandment I give unto you:

that ye love one another, as I have

loved you, that ye also love one another.

³⁵By this shall all men know that ye are

My disciples: if ye have love one for another."

John 13:34-35

January 25th 2011

Dear God~

I know you have a plan for my life, and that it's

a good one, but right now it's hard to see past the hurt

Oh, Yahweh, help me to see You, not myself, through the loneliness and pain

Holy Spirit, live through me and help me to be cheerful

even when it's hard.(1)

You make me more than I am,

Your daughter, Moriah

(1) If it is possible,

as far as it depends on you,

live at peace with everyone.

Romans 12:18 NIV