‘Tis the season for
parties and shopping and gift wrapping and baking and commitments and
obligations and stress upon stress and entirely too long to-do lists. But
before you feel overwhelmed…
…Here’s a Warm
Invitation To Just Breathe
Let’s commit to
make time for a daily holy pause throughout the month of December. Let’s sip a
cup of tea, open our Bibles, and allow ourselves to breathe. Rest in Him. Allow
Him to fill us so we’ve got something to give. Let’s ask the Lord to give us
grace to pursue Him. Let’s allow our hearts to be quiet and still and breathe
in His presence.
LET’S PRAY:
Lord, my
heart longs to remain closely connected to Yours before the holiday crazy
starts and especially once it is underway. Will you please give me grace to
make time for a daily holy pause? Help me to just breathe and to rest in You. Fill
me with Your love, joy, peace, grace, and with Your very presence. Enable me,
by Your grace, to allow myself time so that my heart can rest in You, and may my heart be calm and focused.
As I pour out to
others, refill me, Lord. I lift to You my schedule, my commitments, and my
to-do list. Fill me with energy and stamina to accomplish the things that are
most important, and give me wisdom to let go of the things that are not.
Speak to my
heart. Give me ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying. Help me not to rush
around in distraction mode, zooming past the reason for the season, but to
choose the one most important thing—to spend time with You. In the precious
name of Jesus, Amen.
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1 comment:
I woke up to a busy day and a long "to do" list. I needed your message. Thank you so much for reminding me to rest in Him and just breathe. :-)
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