This week, I invited you to
let the passage from Matthew about loving God, loving others, and loving
self, sing to your soul and shape your everyday life. There are thousands of practices and ways of
letting this scripture passage sink into our souls and steer the ship of our
lives. You can practice the examen where
at the end of the day you name where God showed up (one specific place), where
God felt distant, where you wish you’d done something different (word or
action), and one intention for the next day.
For example, God showed up for me this week in Bible Study, felt distant
at a meeting which is also where I said something I wish I had not, and I set
an intention to breathe before I speak, to pause before I pontificate! Or you can continue to ask yourself, where
did you feel like a fountain this week and where did life feel like it was
going down the drain? What
filled you with energy and what left you gasping for air? Or you can name and notice how family shared
God’s love and where they pushed the nuclear code and set the tiny vein in your
neck pulsing ~ because those closest to us often have the secret key to our
emotions. Keep turning and twisting this
one verse of scripture of in these words is God’s wisdom for our lives. Let us pray:
God of love that is found in
the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. God who is a genius at play, help us be more
playful as we are prayerful. Help us
recover the child-like wonder of trees swaying or hearing birds singing or
seeing a butterfly flash before our eyes.
Slow us down to listen and lean in to music that stirs our souls and
conversations that warm our hearts. Help
us be present to this day, for in the hours ahead is exactly where You wait for
us and You are here right now with the dirty dishes piled in the sink and the
long to-do list and the feelings of loneliness and emotions that are all over
the map. On this 10th day of
a New Year, God, we need thee every hour, come and abide and fill us with Your
power, help us in the moments when life turns lemon-sour, and always help us
sense Your love like a flower. Help make
our verses rhyme, even it seems silly at the time. Let Your grace and love be what feeds and
fuels our lives every day. Amen.
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