Steelers, Moses as Priest, Honesty, New Direction in Prayer

Yesterday
The Steelers won the Super Bowl for the sixth time! I thought it was only the fifth, but missed the one in 2005. After reading their Wikipedia article I realized I didn't really know to much about the organization.

I had bought a new phone recently... but had some troubles with it, so I was up too late the night before. Then spent too much time trying to get it rehabbed yesterday. Due to lack of sleep, the Steeelers Super Bowl win, and my trying to get the phone fixed I didn't read yesterday. That must be the first (at most second) day of reading I have actually missed since I began. I didn't journal while on vacation, but I did read. There is a sense of guilt, but not really. I feel more sad that I screwed up the new phone, missed a dinner appointment, and wasted so much time. I don't feel like God is angry with me about not reading for a day, but that he would be equally disappointed that other things seemed to take precedence over relationships. Things - a phone - seemed more important than many things for one day. I will do my best to truly learn from this experience. Things come after relationships.

The Daily Bible
Moses is part priest, prophet, judge, and king. Moses is the first to offer sacrifices at the Tabernacle. There is a lot of blood involved in the sacrifices. Obviously God is the king, Israel was a theocracy, but maybe Moses has the power and presence of a king because of all his other roles.

Boundaries in Marriage - Honesty
Real intimacy in marriage comes through honesty about all things. Spouses need to share their desires, struggles, emotions, and all the deepest issues of their hearts and lives with each other so that their connection can grow deeper. The depth of the marital relationship is directly related to the depth of honestly sharing (in loving ways) the depth of your heart.

Prayer
Father help me to put relationships above things. Help me to know you first, to make our relationship more important than anything. Lord guide my priorities each day. Prompt with your Word, your Spirit, and everything in this world and the next to know and understand the love and discipline I need to have to be more like Jesus. Grant me your forgiveness and honor me with the awareness of your daily grace. Thank you God for your blessings.

(In thinking about these prayers... I recognize their focus seems to be primarily on me. Partly because I don't want to mention everybody I am praying for - out of respect for their privacy, their lives, and making some presence of another known on the Internet. I think I will begin to pray for them without typing their names, but mentioning their needs and one of their initials. I need to be more intentional in all my prayers, asking God's blessings for others.)

God please bless K and her family. She has just been diagnosed with Leukemia. During this struggle for her life, I pray you bless her with your comfort and love. Let her know it is from you. And give her more blessings than she can count. Allow her to draw closer to you, to find you as the source of her life, love, and blessings. Grant her family peace, patience, and power to overcome.

Thank you Father for Jesus who gives us all the ability to know you and talk with you directly. Amen.