Time for myself. ... Why is it that I find it so hard to take time for myself? Time to be rather than to do. Time to think, to talk to God, and most of all to be silent in his presence while he talks to me. You know how it is, Lord! There is always so much to be fitted in. People to be seen ... obligations to fulfill! It is so difficult to distinguish between the urgent and the important. And often what is urgent elbows its way to the forefront of my day and the important gets trampled on in the rush. Slow me down, Lord. Teach me the art of creating islands of stillness, in which I can absorb the beauty of everyday things: clouds, trees, a snatch of music. Prompt me to lift up my heart to you in a moment of thankfulness. Impress upon my mind that there is more to life than packing every moment with activity, and help me to fence in some part of my day with quietness. And please talk to me and help me to listen, so that I take your peace rather than my confusion back with me into the hurly-burly of a hurting world. Marion Stroud
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:13:01 +0000
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