My God, Thank You For Dealing With Me By Your Love

September 5 Scripture Meditations Based on Zechariah 1-8 Key Verse – Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR DEALING WITH ME BY YOUR LOVE Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s compassionate ways Despite my sinfulness against Your holy praise Along my indulgence toward worldly plays… Please forgive me of my iniquities through Your sanctification-grace. Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s constant mercy Despite my unfaithfulness against Your helpful consistency Along my laxity toward slothful complacency… Please pardon me of my indolence through Your conversion-clemency. Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s disciplining chastisement Despite my rebelliousness against Your serene encouragement Along my stubbornness toward wayward impairment… Please correct me of my disobedience through Your admonition-involvement. Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s delightful pleasure Despite my unmindfulness against Your offered fellowship’s treasure Along my preference toward humanistic leisure… Please transform me from my apathy through Your kindness-pressure. Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s guiding wisdom Despite my foolishness against Your heavenly kingdom Along my ignorance toward doubt-filled boredom… Please unchain me from my selfishness through Your Bible truth-freedom. Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s gentle care Despite my hardheadedness against Your watchful stare Along my backsliding toward destructive nightmare… Please pull me from my downfall through Your might-welfare. Thank You for dealing with me by Your love’s supreme authority Despite my haughtiness against Your dominion’s authority Along my hypocrisy toward futile vanity… Please deliver me from arrogance through Your leadership-majesty. September 5, 2022