So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
1 Peter 1:6-7

Dear God, it can be so hard to keep this world in perspective. Our current era in perspective with the rest of earth’s eras. My one little life in perspective with the lives of the other 8 billion of people on earth (which, by the way, has almost doubled in my lifetime—my life has only gotten smaller and smaller).

For Peter. He’s telling them about the world beyond this one, and trying to put this one in perspective. What we see is so, so small compared with the reality that awaits us. the struggles I have today will be long forgotten in that time to come. And in that time to come, I will get to see you as you are. The veil will be lifted from my eyes. I’ll see the powers and principalities and what you do with them.

So, Father, I am glad for the joy ahead. I’m also glad for the joy now. You are good and kind. You give me a much more comfortable life than I deserve. Thank you. Thank you for ministering to me this morning. Thank you for your Holy Spirit guiding, comforting, and teaching me. You know there are special needs for today. Please provide, guide, heal, and bless. Help me to be everything you need me to be for those around me.

I pray this in Jesus and with your Holy Spirit,

Amen