This devotional is a direct answer to Chambers' June 13 devotional...
based on Luke 18:22, "...come, follow Me"
A Testimonial Devotional with Scripture Reflection
Scripture: Psalm 139:16
"All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be."
For years I thought I was forgotten that day.
But now I see the truth:
He saved me then… for today.
Not just to keep me alive,
but to keep unfolding the story He had already written.
"The Lord will keep your life… from this time forth and forevermore." —
Psalm 121:7–8
God does not reveal our lives all at once.
He unfolds them like the petals of a flower —
slowly, gently, intentionally.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." — Ecclesiastes 3:11
Some petals open early:
childhood, innocence, the first awareness of Him.
Some open painfully:
wounds, silence, years we don't understand.
Some open late:
healing, calling, the voice we didn't know we had.
And some open only after surrender —
the surrender Chambers speaks of,
the surrender of “my right to myself.”
When I look at my life now —
the devotionals I write,
the tears that come when I read them,
the depth I never knew I carried —
I realize something sacred:
God is still unfolding me.
He is not finished.
He is revealing what He planted long ago.
"He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…" — Philippians 1:6
The little girl on the playground was not abandoned.
She was preserved.
Protected.
Held for a future she could not imagine.
A future that includes today.
A future that includes this calling.
A future that includes these words.
God is not experimenting with my life.
He is revealing it —
petal by petal,
season by season,
breath by breath.
And every petal He opens is proof that He has been here all along.
Have I come to Him?
Will I come now?
Yes, Lord.
I come.
Breath Prayer
Inhale: Lord, You showed me...
God does not reveal our lives all at once.
He unfolds them like the petals of a flower —
slowly, gently, intentionally.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." — Ecclesiastes 3:11
Some petals open early:
childhood, innocence, the first awareness of Him.
Some open painfully:
wounds, silence, years we don't understand.
Some open late:
healing, calling, the voice we didn't know we had.
And some open only after surrender —
the surrender Chambers speaks of,
the surrender of “my right to myself.”
When I look at my life now —
the devotionals I write,
the tears that come when I read them,
the depth I never knew I carried —
I realize something sacred:
God is still unfolding me.
He is not finished.
He is revealing what He planted long ago.
"He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…" — Philippians 1:6
The little girl on the playground was not abandoned.
She was preserved.
Protected.
Held for a future she could not imagine.
A future that includes today.
A future that includes this calling.
A future that includes these words.
God is not experimenting with my life.
He is revealing it —
petal by petal,
season by season,
breath by breath.
And every petal He opens is proof that He has been here all along.
Have I come to Him?
Will I come now?
Yes, Lord.
I come.
Breath Prayer
Inhale: Lord, You showed me...
Exhale: You were always there.
Author Note
I write daily devotionals woven with quiet testimony — Scripture, reflection, and prayer shaped by the unfolding story of God’s work in my life. My devotionals grow as I grow — shaped by the way God continues to unfold my life.
~ Quil
I write daily devotionals woven with quiet testimony — Scripture, reflection, and prayer shaped by the unfolding story of God’s work in my life. My devotionals grow as I grow — shaped by the way God continues to unfold my life.
~ Quil
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