“Lord, may nothing separate me from You today. Help me walk by the Word and not by my feelings. Help me to keep my heart pure and undivided. Protect me from my own careless thoughts, words and actions. Keep me from being distracted by MY wants, MY desires, MY thoughts on how things should be. …
“Good morning Lord! Today’s a new day, a chance for a new start. Yesterday is gone and with it any regrets, mistakes or failures I may have experienced. It’s a good day to be glad and give thanks, and I do, Lord. Thank you for today, a new opportunity to love, give, and be all…
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Lord, I am weary of awaking to the same situation that was wearing me down yesterday and for days before. Help me to stop trying to outrun this trial, to stop beating away the anxieties and to remember I am not on this path alone, a path You walk with me. So I hand my…
“we are being forced into the wilderness. Temptations everywhere may arrive with noisy ego-interest argument and complaints. in the stillness in the surrender to what is the strange frightening beauty of being undefended in wilderness is revealed and the Angels of God will minister to you there”
“Whatever may be happening around you, always rejoice that you are in My care. This is the true and only antidote to the fears of mankind”
This week in isolation has been one where our efforts to build a predictable day, and a calm and respectful environment for the children have started to bear fruit. In the spirit of respecting the need to slow down enforced by COVID-19, we have been enabled to pay extra thought to including the children in…
It’s really easy to feel claustrophobic and overwhelmed by the negatives of self isolation. We’re on week four, and though there have certainly been ups and downs, this week I find myself thinking about the positives of quarantine. When we zoom into the effect it’s having on our households, for the majority of us who…
With this year’s Spring comes what? The blossoms are the same, the weather is by now much as always but we are up some sort of creek without a paddle. For weeks we will be thrown on to our own individual resources. To make the best of what we have, we could spend more time…