Prayer for today (1/27/16)

Dear Father God, thank you for seeing beauty in someone like me. Who am I that God could see something beautiful in someone like me. I am marred and scarred, battered and bruised, yet you still see something you can use. I'm imperfect and flawed, yet I look and I see your hand moving over someone like me. I'm impetuous and fearful, cautious and scared, yet you let me know that you are right there. You see me through Jesus' blood.

-- Arelishia Bridges

Hawkinsville

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This story was originally published January 26, 2016 at 8:38 PM with the headline "Prayer for today (1/27/16) ."