Answer Sharer

God of all creativity
Of answers yet to be discovered
We worship you
Thank you that our most perplexing situations
Are already resolved in your great mind
You must wait, and wonder,
"When will they turn to me?"
Forgive us for our independence,
our pride and our arrogance
Teach us how to be in each moment of our lives
Ears attuned to your whisper
Opening our spirits, hearts and minds
At the start of each new day--to yours
What possibilities await us
If we engage with you intentionally,
continually
The wonder is that you want us to do so
But you do--you do!

Feb 8 Daily Light on the Daily Path
Morning
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends.”
The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?”—“To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.”—These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.—Hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!—The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.—“For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.”
“You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
John 15:15; Gen. 18:17; Matt. 13:11; 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 Cor. 2:7; Ps. 65:4; Ps. 25:14; John 17:8; John 15:14

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