I have been learning a new way the last few months. My body changed the way it physically responds to stress and anxiety, so I’m trying to learn how to rest more and calm my mind. I’m on this journey right now, and some days are hard as I’m seeing I just can’t say yes to the things I used to be able to. Dependence and asking for help has become something I’m learning to embrace.
God has been close with me on this journey. At the beginning, I didn’t know how to navigate this new terrain with Him. I had to just hold on to simple truths about Him and me – “He is my good, good Father”; “He will not abandon me or my family”; “I am a daughter of the light, and the darkness cannot overcome the light.” So when I couldn’t feel His presence in all the new things, I had a solid foundation of truth to stand on.
Jesus, as I learn a new way, help me keep my eyes fixed on you, my Savior, my friend.
You yourself spoke, “I am the vine, you are the branches.”
It pleases you to hold me up.
It pleases you to nourish me and give me life.
It pleases you to be one with me.
It pleases you for me to be attached to you.
It pleases you to bear fruit through my life.
Help me to be like a child, dependent on you and our Father, and openly receiving the day however it unfolds.
May I bring you glory and praise through the way I live and love. Thank you, Jesus, Amen.
My Heart, My Home 