fret

Opening Prayer: Lord, help me to not get so caught up in fretting and worrying today that it keeps me from delighting in you.  Amen.

Scripture: Psalm 37:1-8

Journal: Where in your life are you fretting?  What effect is it having on you?  How can you turn from fret to delight and trust?

Reflection:

spinning

it is so easy for me to get lost inside myself at times

to get stuck in a slow spiral of darkness and death

unable to break free

consumed

trapped in a maze ever deepening

a decaying orbit destined to crash in a dark land

void of light and life

stuck or marooned or stranded

seemingly unable to break free

from the gravitational pull

is it a choice that keeps me in this place

is it as simple as saying no

as interrupting the death spiral

and turning back to a more beautiful way

of being and of seeing

is it simply a choice to return home

to my best and truest self

the one you whispered into being

to turn the ear of my soul

back toward your lips

to hear a more reliable voice

the voice of truth and love and delight

the only voice it seems

that can stop the spinning

only you o god can break the tether

only you can stop this spinning

and restore hope and joy and peace

to my desperate soul

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Lord, help me not to get so busy and preoccupied spinning around in my own little world today that I forget to pay attention to you and fail to love others.  Amen.