The conveniences of app-enabled grocery deliveries, next-day Prime shipping, and on-demand streaming services aren’t making us anymore peaceful. The margin these luxuries create just gets filled with more and more busyness.
I do find the once a week pickup is easier for me than shopping for groceries. Hubby picks up. I don’t impulse buy. I have a list.
I’ve used it since Covid. And for me it’s peaceful. 😄
For walking I go to the park. I don’t need to be bombarded by lights, people and sounds.
“Stillness is the scariest surrender we can enter into it. It’s the place where we let go of our need for control, lay down our delusion that we can do it all, and trust that God really can take care of us. God is our healer, but we must, from time to time, be still enough to let Him work on us.”
This is beautiful and so spot on. When I get still enough and fall into presence, the answer to “How are you?” is “Enchanted.”. If there is any other answer, I know I’m not paying attention and need to slow down.
Thank you for this. As a spiritual director, I realize how much I benefit when I sit with another and hold sacred space for them to lean in and listen for the voice of the One who calls them (and each of us) “beloved”. It’s a win-win. 😉
I love prayer walks! I’ve been thinking a lot over this past year about “physical prayer.” I find that some of my deepest moments of connecting with God happen when my body is engaged in some way. There’s something to the fact that we cannot separate out prayer as a mental act from our physical body.
The conveniences of app-enabled grocery deliveries, next-day Prime shipping, and on-demand streaming services aren’t making us anymore peaceful. The margin these luxuries create just gets filled with more and more busyness.
I do find the once a week pickup is easier for me than shopping for groceries. Hubby picks up. I don’t impulse buy. I have a list.
I’ve used it since Covid. And for me it’s peaceful. 😄
For walking I go to the park. I don’t need to be bombarded by lights, people and sounds.
“Stillness is the scariest surrender we can enter into it. It’s the place where we let go of our need for control, lay down our delusion that we can do it all, and trust that God really can take care of us. God is our healer, but we must, from time to time, be still enough to let Him work on us.”
This is beautiful and so spot on. When I get still enough and fall into presence, the answer to “How are you?” is “Enchanted.”. If there is any other answer, I know I’m not paying attention and need to slow down.
That's beautiful Priscilla!
So to the heart of true faith - laying it at His feet & trusting Him. WOW.
This is incredible, man! Thanks so much 🙌
Thank you sir!
Thank you for this. As a spiritual director, I realize how much I benefit when I sit with another and hold sacred space for them to lean in and listen for the voice of the One who calls them (and each of us) “beloved”. It’s a win-win. 😉
I can really appreciate all you’ve shared in this post.
I have found that my morning devotional and bible reading (even a verse or two) and what I call “prayer walks” help me quiet the cacophony of society.
I crave a slower and more purposeful life and I strive to take steps toward that daily.
: )
I love prayer walks! I’ve been thinking a lot over this past year about “physical prayer.” I find that some of my deepest moments of connecting with God happen when my body is engaged in some way. There’s something to the fact that we cannot separate out prayer as a mental act from our physical body.
That’s brilliantly true. *Honestly profound*
I think that’s why praying on our knees is just a different experience.