Sunday, August 12, 2007

Rest

SCRIPTURE
Psalm 131:1-3

O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; nor do I involve myself in great matters, or in things too difficult for me.Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me.O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever.


PRAYER

Lord, daunting tasks loom on the horizon of ______'s future, tasks that she doesn't want, doesn't feel comfortable with, and is not very good at, but tasks she must do, nonetheless. I ask for your peace. I ask that you would take away that low-grade ache that hangs in the back of her heart. Free her from the anxiety these future tasks would bring. Give her the singular focus of resting in you today, Lord. Take the complicated matters, those things too difficult for her, and cause them to fade to the background of her mind… so that she can simply rest in your arms. Just like a mother's arms hold a calm and satisfied child, draw ______ to your soothing embrace, and rock her soul into a place of rest. And as she relaxes in your loving care, I pray that hope would spring forth and refresh her indeed. Amen.


ENCOURAGEMENT

Stop the flurry of anxious thoughts. Compose your heart. Quiet your mind. Sit with him and rest calmly in his love. Put ALL of your hope in him. He will not let you down.


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