Saturday, June 24, 2023

Dear God,

If we do not pause and slow down, we will continually be caught up in anxious moments.  Whether personal, family, community, national or global worries, our bodies and minds will remain in anxious response.  At the same time when we pause and reflect upon whose cosmos this is and who created us, we have opportunity to slow our anxious reaction to trust in the only One who can give us the kind of peace that will assist us in living in chaos.

It seems no matter what our concerns are, trust in the Creator is always a good choice when considering how we will respond to difficult times.  When we breathe in, quite literally, breathe in the air of God's compassionate love, we find room for calm and peace.  Slowing down gives us opportunity to consider the power and help that is available 24/7.  Those few seconds of thought and faith can completely change how we will react and live.

Thank you

for your

loving power,

Compassionate God.

Thank you

for slowing us down,

for time

for reflection

and careful thought.

Lead us

to calm,

faith and hope,

we pray.

Yours, Andrea