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Monday, October 11
Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. (Philippians 4:5)
Stress is pandemic in this time of COVID-19. The bitterest
election in recent U.S. history draws near. Various news outlets and websites
are making millions marketing fear. Schools struggle to gather students … or
not. Zoom meetings weary the heart.
Everything we do from getting groceries, doing our
jobs and caring for our families seems to be harder … because it is harder than
in those times we label ‘normal.’
Nothing new or insightful in any of these statements
as much as we would like some insight or perspective that would make it all,
well, easier.
Is there anything to heal, to comfort, to provide peace
or at least balance amid the flood that, at least from time-to time, washes all
peace and balance from our hearts, leaving a churning quagmire of mixed and anxious
emotions impossible to sort out?
One thing helps … at least me, and it should surprise no
one who is a person of faith. Abiding.
Peace is an inside job. Nothing from without can give
it to you or restore your ability to live above the churning issues of the day
that threaten to turn your heart into a restless sea.
Retreat into your soul and find love there. Recall
moments of loving; relive them. Savor them. Feel the desire for this love to
fill you … and to fill everything.
You were created in the image of Love. That is why
love restores you, calms you, satisfies and completes you. The further you live
from love the more anxious and troubled you will be.
The Lord who is Love is near. In fact, the Love the
Lord is … lives in you. This is your deepest and truest self. Find silence
under a golden tree or in a melody (or anything) that transports you to that
inner room where you feel and know the love you are. And abide. Rest there.
The churning seas that threaten to throw us overboard
will quiet and you will meet the One who is always there … waiting.
Pr.
David L. Miller
