Oh faith, my friend, my advocate Teach me love; abolish hate Fear shrivels hearts and tightens flow Remind me of the infinite possibilities you’d have me know Grant confidence for each step I take May Your ways be mine And Your thoughts be my guide db

I wanted to pray but other things got in the way

The dog needed tending, the sink needing fixing

It was ten minutes to ten

And I began to feel drained

If God were a plumber; and in some ways she is

My pipes would be cleared in time with a prayer

And calls would be made after mindful hesitation

Keeping first morning prayers and calm meditation

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Why is it so, the importance of

Identifying feelings

Like dust upon a shelf

Once noticed it is dealt with

Only for more particles to inhabit

 What we continue to try to sweep away

 

A never-ending round of introspection

Soul’s vigilant inspection

Calling cleaning crew

To cleanse our hearts

And make us daily, new

db

I had forgotten my phone, so when she stepped out of the car, I asked her to give me hers so I could look something up. Intentionally, I stopped to take in my surroundings – and decided not to use the IPhone as my time-filler default, while I waited for Lisa to come out of the store.

Before I drifted away by surfing the web, or to open an app to write a note, I glanced to my right and noticed my neighbors, parked alongside our vehicle. They were clinging to their devices too – So, of course, I used mine to photograph theirs.

I’m reminded that it requires discipline to resist what may be a distraction – and instead use quiet, and alone time as opportunities to be still, to pray, and to meditate –

What might happen? I’m listening.

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Only this morning, when I asked my partner to change the morning music she had selected to something more upbeat – she suggested that I should meditate more 😉

Little did she know that this was what I had been writing:

 

More time in life is spent on waiting

What and when to choose or change

Resisting conscious slumber

We are not the walking dead

 

Spirit sleeping not, awakes

Opportunity to take

How would I know

When it’s time to go

And not procrastinate

 

But hurry up and meditate

Listening fast and moving slow

For God will always let me know

With whom, and when, and where to go

 

db

 

More faith, more hope, more trust, I prayed

Yet when I ceased in my petitioning

And turned my heart to listening

My Spirit spoke by answering

Seek to know how much that you are loved

 

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