I Pray....

"Oh, that You would bless me indeed,
and enlarge my territory,
that Your hand would be with me,
and that You would keep me from evil."
-Jabez

Once upon a time, there was a young girl who was simple and sweet. there wasn't much exciting about her, except the fact that she was seriously a "Jack of all trades and master of none." She was an artist, a musician, a writer, a carpenter...she loved surprising people with her strength and her determination, but she longed to feel like there was one thing she had truly mastered more than anything else.
One day, the girl heard a story about a man named Jabez. Most people don't know who he was, and even if they read his story they might not even notice it. He was a man who brought pain upon his mother, but he still lived a life that brought glory to God. Once Jabez prayed a simple prayer, a prayer that thousands of years later would be prayed by a simple young girl.

"Bless me, Father.
Give me more that,
I might give it all back to You.
Guide me and protect me."

Even one simple man, whose story doesn't even get it's own chapter...one man can change a person's heart and mind. It can change a person's desire. It changed a girl's ideas and shaped her vision of the Lord's will for her life. It's not about doing one something well. It's about doing everything we do, for Him. It's about giving our blessings back and using them to glorify the Holy One.

It's not about me.
It's all about You.
It's not for me.
It's all for You.