Dear Father,
Thank you for this day. Not a lot is going on. Last night I was very itchy as a result of hiking on Saturday. I felt I needed to go get the bites looked at this morning. Today I am feeling much better, except for an ache in my right shoulder. Could be scoliosis, could be a lot of things. My only concern about the bites is not irritating them by wearing socks/shoes and my work clothes. I put band aids on the ones that had been scratched/irritated. I think I fell asleep last night around midnight. It was hard to fall asleep.. Having missed yesterday’s morning dose, I’m worried about my emotional resilience. It will be okay. I’ve been through much worse. There are those moments in life in which you beg God for help, but he allows things for your good. You may not see it at the time, but later you get a sense of what he was up to.
Example: Two Christmas’s ago at Albertson’s, I was having a lot of anxiety. I felt awful. It was the worst day I have ever had at work. I was begging God in my heart for it to end, but he allowed it for a few hours. Now when I look at how difficult anything work related is I remember that day and I can approach it with a better perspective.