"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare, and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Sometimes it's just so difficult to feel the Lord's presence, but when I read about his promise to meet me when I come to him...I feel so comforted and rebuked. Those words...You call, come, pray & I hear...You seek, find. All I have to do is ask...yet I never do. Pride is a major root of much of my sinfulness. I am the most prideful person I know.

Lord strip me of my pride so that I may become more like you and less like me (the fleshly portion, not the God-designed part :D)...but please don't humble me too quickly!