Today I needed peace.
So I started back at one.
Back to fasting. Back to prayer. Back to asking God for what I need.

I used to feel guilty for that — for asking. I didn’t want to feel like I was begging for help with a mess I made. But that was the past.
Today, I’m in the present… asking not just for what I need, but for what I want — the kind of future only He can see.

How dare I?
Because He is my Father.
And He said, “Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and the door shall be opened.”

So today, Lord God, I knocked. And I’m waiting for Your answer.

I set aside a little over an hour just to sit in silence with Him. That’s hard for me. Not because I don’t want to — but because my mind never stops racing. My ears ring all day, every day.

So I asked God:
“Please quiet my mind so I can hear You.”

About seven minutes passed — though it felt like much longer — and I started to talk with Him. Then I asked,
“Lord, maybe I need to read. Would that help quiet me?”
I asked for a book to turn to, and I believe He gave me Deuteronomy.

The very first verse mentioned wilderness.
And that hit me — because the title of my book and the whole series is Whispers in the Wilderness.
It felt like a sign. A confirmation that I’m on the right path.

So I prayed and thanked Him for being there for me — even when I didn’t deserve it.
I asked Him to forgive me for the times I thought I was too good to need His help, and for the times I felt not good enough to receive His grace.

But you know what I feel He’s saying to me?
That I am favored.
That I should receive His blessings wholeheartedly.
Because He wants me to know:
He has something for me.

All I have to do is be still and wait.

Stop trying to figure it all out alone.
Ask for help.
Receive it — without guilt, without shame.

By the time I finished praying and thanking Him, I was praising Him.
I felt a release I didn’t even know I needed.

Today, I took a few more steps toward my destiny.

Lovingly,

~Ree