stop

Opening Prayer: Stop us, O God, when we go running off in a-million-and-one directions instead of being still and quiet and allowing your voice to speak to us and direct us.  For when we do not stop, look, and listen, there’s a good chance we are following ourselves rather than following you.  Amen.

Scripture: Psalm 46:10

Journal: What or where do you need to stop?  Will you give yourself the freedom to do so?  What keeps you from being able to stop?

Reflection:

Stop!

Stop thinking it's all up to you.

Stop acting like it all depends on you.

Stop running around trying to manage and control everything.

Stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Stop eating the bread of anxious toil.

Just stop!

Be still and know that I am God.

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Be still and know that I am God.