Sit With Me

Lord, You have been so faithful to me. Even when I have been faithless, You’ve never stopped being faithful.

You know all my sins well before they ever enter my mind. And there is so much sin in me. You know every flaw in me to the deepest degree, and yet You’ve never turned away from me.

You’ve been patient with me; You’ve sat with me through my failures.

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You’ve protected me from things that would have caused me pain. You’ve kept me from so much harm. And even when I’ve experienced seasons of difficulty, You’ve brought me through them.

You’ve never left me; You’ve sat with me through trials.

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Lord, would You sit with me now, and in my coming years? While I wrestle with doubts and temptations? While I seek to learn and know You more? While I succeed, and while I fall short?

While I grow up, would you continue to sit with me?

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As I ask You this question, I realize it’s just an echo of Yours to me.

Will you, Madison, sit with Me?

You ask me to draw near to You, and You promise to draw near to me.

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I know where my proper place is – seated at Your table, and seated by Your feet. When I can do nothing else, I simply have to sit with You.

Remind me of this – In my tendency to action, to move ahead without Your blessing, and in my tendency to run and hide when things are hard.

Remind me to sit with You, to simply be still in Your presence. To spend time with You as a friend, to learn from You as a teacher, and to worship You as my Savior.

Lord, thank You for sitting with me. Help me to sit with You.

Related Scripture

Psalm 1:1-2

“How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor seat in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.”

Psalm 73:28

“But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.”

Psalm 91:1

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”

Psalm 145:18

“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.”

James 4:8

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”