Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Lord, help me walk slowly and deeply with you
through the hours and minutes of this day—that I might find all of you that is
to be found within it. Allow me not to
miss you because of hurry or busyness, but let me sense the fullness of your
presence in each moment. Slow down both
my feet and my heart that I might be more present to you as I go about my
normal activities. In the Name of Jesus
I pray. Amen.
Scripture Reading for the Day: Psalm 90:1-17
Reading for Reflection:
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend
our lives.
~Annie Dillard
If we are not careful, we will miss it. One day after another will simply slip past, almost without our even noticing it. Whether it be busyness, or chaos, or mundane routine, somehow days can have the tendency to lull us to sleep if we are not careful, if we are not attentive to the fact that each day—and each moment of each day—is itself a holy invitation. It is no accident that the first thing in Scripture that God calls holy is a day (Genesis 2:3). It is almost as if God himself, from the very beginning, had to remind us that days are significant. In fact, they are the time and the space where we meet Him and know Him. Days are themselves invitations, opportunities, and doorways into holiness. Therefore, let us not let one more of them slip by unnoticed, but let us engage each little day, and each little moment of that day, with all the life and zeal and attention and expectation we can muster. Because before we know it, one day will have turned into another...and another...and a lifetime will have passed us by.
If we are not careful, we will miss it. One day after another will simply slip past, almost without our even noticing it. Whether it be busyness, or chaos, or mundane routine, somehow days can have the tendency to lull us to sleep if we are not careful, if we are not attentive to the fact that each day—and each moment of each day—is itself a holy invitation. It is no accident that the first thing in Scripture that God calls holy is a day (Genesis 2:3). It is almost as if God himself, from the very beginning, had to remind us that days are significant. In fact, they are the time and the space where we meet Him and know Him. Days are themselves invitations, opportunities, and doorways into holiness. Therefore, let us not let one more of them slip by unnoticed, but let us engage each little day, and each little moment of that day, with all the life and zeal and attention and expectation we can muster. Because before we know it, one day will have turned into another...and another...and a lifetime will have passed us by.
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: O Christ, when I look at you I see that you
were never in a hurry, never ran, but always had time for the pressing
necessities of the day. Give me that
disciplined, poised life with time always for the thing that matters. For then I would be a disciplined
person. Amen. (The Way by E. Stanley Jones)
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