A Meditation Moment

Imagine yourself free from the impulsiveness of your shortcomings. What if your defects of character no longer controlled your decisions, relationships and enduring vulnerabilities? How might your relationships improve? Would your ability to work with others change? How about broken relationships? Do you think others might be more willing to give you another chance if you were not repeating the same old patterns of harm?

What if…all the things you were afraid to change were the true obstacles standing in your way to the life of your best intentions?

These are the days that must happen to you.

~ Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road”

A Meditation Moment

What if….your worst day is the portal to peace?

Disaster can be a fine designer. Better than a pencil sometimes. It can lead you to safety.

~ David Esterly, The Lost Craving

Asking God to remove our shortcomings

Take a few minutes and reflect on the possibility of asking God to take control of your shortcomings.

For here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all over, and bring you back to your own land. I’ll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. I’ll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. You’ll once again live in the land I gave your ancestors. You’ll be my people! I’ll be your God!

~ Ezekiel 36:24-28, MSG

A Meditation Moment

Despite rumors about God’s absence, judgment or cruelty, this is what the scriptures actually say about God. Spend a few minutes reflecting on God’s character and love for you.

“Listen to me, family of Jacob,
    everyone that’s left of the family of Israel.
I’ve been carrying you on my back
    from the day you were born,
And I’ll keep on carrying you when you’re old.
    I’ll be there, bearing you when you’re old and gray.
I’ve done it and will keep on doing it,
    carrying you on my back, saving you.”

~ Isaiah 46:3-4, MSG

A Meditation Moment

Take a few moments for reflection. What would it mean for you to grow still; to give up on your personal self-improvement projects. What would it feel like to let go and let God?

The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.

~ Exodus 14:14, NIV