Don’t just ask God to change your circumstances this month. Ask him to change what you’re able to see. Sometimes the greatest blessing is realizing he’s been surrounding you with goodness all along.

God,

Let August show me the softness on the other side of a hard first half of the year.

Let August show me the people who are meant for me and give me the peace to let go of the ones who aren’t.

Let August show me that the wait was worth it

Jacqueline Whitney

Let August show me the version of me that’s been slowly growing while I wasn’t looking.

Let August show me the small joys I’ve been walking past.

Let August show me that the wait was worth it.

Let August show me you. In the ordinary. In the everyday. In the moments I would have missed if you hadn’t opened my eyes.

Let August be the month everything starts to change.

Amen.

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.