A Mindful Christianity Reflection Accepting the Things You Cannot Change Learning where your responsibility ends and how to entrust the rest to God. You have explained how you feel. You have offered help, asked questions, and imagined what might finally make the difference. Still, someone you love continues making choices you cannot make for them….
Inspiration: Bring your wounds to Me, and know I have already endured their torturous sting. Only in Me can you find healing for your wounded heart. ~In the Presence of Jesus by Paul…
Inspiration: “Please realize that regret is only a wasted energy. When you spend time in those memories, you are being drawn into an unchangeable past that is far removed from the present reality of My love.” ~ In the Presence of Jesus by Paul…
Inspiration: You race to one destination and then are compelled to hurry to the next place. Yet none of your activities, achievements, acquisitions, or new experiences will ever bring you what you are truly seeking. ~ In the Presence of Jesus by Paul Bane and Matt Litton Scripture: My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation…
INVOCATION: Dear Jesus, may I be still and aware of Your enduring promise to me as I abide with You in this Holy Now. Note: My child, I have told you that your time here on earth is breathtakingly short. The writer of Ecclesiastes says a person’s life is “like a vapor”—you are here today…
It is a breathtakingly, brief life. I will walk with you every step of the way. One day I approached a town where a mother observed her only son carried out in a procession of people for burial. My heart immediately went out to her, and I said, “Don’t cry.” I knew the question she…
There is a deep wound you suffer throughout life. It is the conscious awareness of feeling left out, and it strikes at the heart of your being. You imagine your friends are rushing to a party, but you never are sent an invitation. You wonder about the reasons why they exclude you. It feels like…
A Mindful Christianity Reflection Healing a Sarcastic and Critical Spirit Bringing the hurt beneath our words into the presence of Jesus. The comment comes quickly. Someone shares an idea, makes a mistake, or offers a little hope, and we find something sharp to say. Perhaps everyone laughs. Perhaps we tell ourselves it was only a…
Just come home. When you left home, you were so restless, wondering what you would do with your life, and you couldn’t sit still. You had one thought on your mind to seek your fame and fortune. You felt something was missing, and following me was out of the question. You were afraid I was…
There is no closure with the grief and loss that you experience in the death of someone you love. It is excruciatingly painful, and those losses stay with you for the rest of your life. But, I want you to remember that my love remains with you and never ends either. You try to avoid…
Do not let your hearts be troubled, for I will never leave or forsake you. I told you in the world, you would face unbelievable struggles and hardship. Sorrow, pain, and suffering, even death, is the inevitable outcome of life. You can try to avoid and control them as much as you like, but your…
With your tears streaming down your face that could fill an ocean, come to me with your shattered hope and broken dreams for your marriage. I know you are heartbroken like the unrecognizable mosaics discovered on the floor underneath what once was a stained-glass treasure. You wonder if there is any hope for putting your…