Opening Prayer: O God, who is willing and able to assist me,
what grounds have I not to place my whole confidence in you, to throw myself
into the arms of your providence, and wait the effects of your bounty? You have care of all. I will therefore give myself up entirely to
you, live always in your presence, and ever guide myself by your fear and
love. T is this grace I now ask of you,
the God of my heart, and my portion forever.
Grant me to weigh well and to follow your admonition: “Be not
solicitous, for your heavenly Father knoweth that you have need of all these
things.” Amen. (The Book of Common
Prayer)
Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34
Journal: What things in life tend to cause you the most
anxiety? How do you typically deal with
that anxiety? What would it look like to
give it all to God?
Reflection:
To preserve peace in the time of trouble our will
must remain firm in God and be ever directed towards him, that is, we should be
disposed to receive all things from the hand of God, from His justice, and from
His bounty, with humble submission to His blessed will. Good and evil, health and sickness,
prosperity and adversity, consolations and dryness, temptation and tranquility,
interior sweetness, trials, and chastisements, all should be received by the
soul with humility, patience, and resignation, as coming to us by the
appointment of God. This is the only
means of finding peace in the midst of great troubles and adversities. (Imitation
of Christ by Thomas A Kempis)
Prayer
Closing Prayer: Here, Lord, I abandon myself to you. I have tried in every way I could think of to
manage myself, and to make myself what I know I ought to be, but have always
failed. Now I give it up to you. Do take entire possession of me. Work in me all the good pleasure of your
will. Mold and fashion me into such a
vessel as seems good to you. I leave
myself in your hands. Amen. (The
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)
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