Lord, I thank you for the things I went through. Through my experiences, I have learned patience, humility, proper love, and true grace.
Looking back, I see where you have protected me and how my own plans could have put me in worse situations. I see how my disobedience and missteps could have hurt me.
I used to visit or go with men I didn’t know in places of secrecy.
I used to open my mouth in a rush, with anger, and spoke my thoughts faster than I thought of them; providing access for pain, destruction, or worse.
I, even in my disobedience and as I fled from you,
you were protecting me from unknown dangers that I didn’t think twice to see.
I used to drink myself in a stupor and drive to work.
Now, I don’t need to fill a hole because you are in the holes.
I sought the world for peace, love, and happiness and sought people who could hold me so I didn’t have to see myself. Now, I don’t feel that need.
I have repented and given my life completely to Christ and now I’m free. My eyes are forward and I don’t want to go back to the dark after basking in his light.