Slowing Down to Reflect- Too Intimidating?

I came across this timely poem today, at a time when I feel the pull to keep running vs. slowing down and reflecting upon my day.

Those of us who walk along this road do so reluctantly…

We’d rather be more active-planning and scurrying around.

All this is too contemplative to suit us.

Besides we don’t know what to do with piousness and prayer.

Perhaps we’re afraid to have time to think, for thoughts come unbidden.

Perhaps we’re afraid to face our future knowing our past.

Give us the courage, O God, to hear your word and to read our living into it.

Give us the trust to know we’re forgiven,

and give us the faith to take up our lives and walk.

Ann Weems, Kneeling in Jerusalem

O courageous one, take a moment now. One little step. Simply notice your breath, be present to this moment. Rest in God’s love for you.

Pause.

Reflect back on the day so far. When did you experience God’s love for you? When did you feel disconnected from God’s love? Talk with God about these responses. Great is God’s love for you - Rest in this overflowing, never ending, deep, deep steadfast love.