Whatever difficult place your labor takes you this day, whatever energy you exert, whether you conclude with a toast or the end is merely the moment you lose your grip, may you receive these words in your bosom. Whether your great challenge is a child in need, a marriage in shambles, a job out of reach or a faith wearing thin, may these words lodge in your soul. Whether your day is arduous and vexing or simply another opportunity to gratefully recount God as your life and the giver of all good things, may this blessing find its home in you.
O God of peace, who has taught us that in returning and rest we will be saved, in quietness and in confidence will be our strength; By the might of your Spirit lift us, we pray, to your presence, where we may be still and know that you are God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.*
*from the Book of Common Prayer, adapted from Isaiah 30:15
I needed that. Just soaked it in. That was a good word. Thanks. (reading it again and again)
Glad it was what you needed, Heather.
Thank you. I find it quite humbling that I am so easily distracted, discouraged and forgetful. I needed this reminder.
me too, Sonya. Me too.