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Change me God!

Sometimes it's hard to see what changes we can make as opposed to looking at how others need to change. I recently experienced this personally. After becoming frustrated with how some people act I decided instead of being frustrated I would pray that God would help them.  After loading up my two children, one is a newborn, and finally making it to church I had a revelation. Being so blessed to have a very free worshipping church, I tend to hear God during our praise and worship. As I began to pray for the people that were frustrating me, you know...God please bless them, help them....uh, The Holy Spirit took over. Then as the Spirit rose inside of me, the revelation came...God help me to change, how can I become more like you. Change me God so I can reflect you in me to these people. It is so easy to see the flaws in others, but not so easy to see our own flaws. Asking God to change you will change the atmosphere around you and others will notice. Matthew 3:8 Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed. So true and powerful, sometimes when we feel like those in our lives could use some changing, really we need to change our hearts to help others. God, today I thank you for allowing me to reflect on you and hearing you clearly. I pray for continued clarity and to become more like you. Amen.

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