Dear Lord,

Please help me through these next few days. I am unable and incapable to live each day in a way that is honoring to you, without your help. Ryan has been gone since Saturday and came back last night but then is off again this morning. Thank you for his safe travel and the little break with having him home last night. I needed that, thank you! I've made it through the first part of the week with relative ease, but it's getting more difficult now. Please help me to choose patience, kindness, and love today. I need to hear and be aware of your voice speaking to me these next few days. Help me to be sensitive to your voice and presence in my life. Thank you for never leaving or forsaking me. Thank you for the love you have for me. Thank you for hearing me and for your sympathies in my situations. And thank you for allowing these times to come so that I can learn more dependence on you. In Jesus name, Amen.