trust, tuesday

Tuesday. October 21

Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God.

          

Opening Prayer: O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of your presence, your love, and your strength.  Help us to have perfect trust in your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to you, we shall see your hand, your purpose, your will through all things.

                                                                                      ~St. Ignatius

Scripture Reading for the Day: Psalm 37:3-8

Reading for Reflection:

 

Your willingness to let go of your desire to control your life reveals a certain trust.  The more you relinquish your stubborn need to maintain power, the more you will get in touch with the One who has the power to heal and guide you.  And the more you get in touch with that divine power, the easier it will be to confess to yourself and to others your basic powerlessness. (The Inner Voice of Love by Henri J. M. Nouwen)

Reflection and Listening: silent and written

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself

                                  

Closing Prayer: Dear God, you never said it was going to be easy, you simply call us to trust in you.  Give us the faith necessary to do just that.  Grant us the strength and the courage to choose to trust you, rather than to fret; to choose to delight in you rather than to be consumed by our own fears, anxieties, and agendas.   Teach us what it means to truly delight ourselves in you; for that is the deepest desire of our hearts.  Help us to live our lives in constant gratitude, appreciating every minute, both the moments of joy, as well as the moments of trial.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.