Scripture: Psalm 131:1-3
Journal: What is the state of your soul these days? Why?
What would it take to still and calm your soul? What would you have to believe? What would you have to do?
Reflection:
Wouldn’t it be great if all of our
interactions with others came from this “stilled and quieted” place within us,
rather than the place of our deepest fears and anxieties and insecurities? Imagine what a difference it would make in everything
if we knew deep down to our core that we were so passionately and completely
loved that there was no longer any need to prove ourselves to anyone or
anything. Then we would be like a weaned
child with its mother, rather than a restless, demanding, and insecure one. Then we would rest secure in the loving
embrace of our God—finding our hope in him—rather than everything always having
to be up to us. It would be a whole
different—and wonderful—way of being.
Pray
Closing
Prayer: Help me, O God, to be content and secure in
your loving embrace. For only then will I
ever be able to truly love others. Amen.
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