Saturday, August 29, 2020

Dear God,

Quiet time gives us opportunity for our bodies, minds and spirits to pause, release tension, breathe in the air of peace, surrender worries and reset our souls for every day living.  Without it we gear up for fight, restlessness, anxiety, conflict and despair.  We desperately need quiet, not just the absence of sound, but silence that allows opening to deep and wide sacred space where we can breathe freely, drink in the spirit of living water, eat spiritual food, weep away our sorrows and gather strength.  There we can listen for the word of hope and serenity and light and peace and joy.  We draw near to you, the source of all that is good, all that is merciful, all that is truth, all that is help and all that is love.  Like a caring parent, we can sit and find respite, love, affirmation, comfort and joy.

Like the psalmist says, "As a deer pants for water, so do we long for you, O Living Lord."  Quiet time gives us the answer to our longing.  It saves us for another hour, another day, another week.  Resting in your divine embrace changes everything, Merciful God, everything.

Holy God,

grant us peace

as we

so long

for it.

Guide us

toward the quiet.

We need you.

Love, Andrea