What I wouldn’t give to settle and clear my mind.
Here I am surrounded by things; things the world has me convinced will provide me direction, answers, knowledge, and even comfort.
But it doesn’t fulfill what I am truly looking for deep down.
Those things are a band-aid to my flesh, not my soul.
I’m looking to hear God’s voice. If I’m honest with myself, only He can provide those things, and anyway, I should know he’s already equipped me with the tools, knowledge; and he brings the people to help. When I stop long enough to think about it, I realize I already have access to what I’m looking for!
Today I decide to reassess what I have and who I am listening to. Today, I decide to listen to what my heart is saying, not my feelings. Today I decide to step – to take action – in faith, not wait until I feel like it. Because I realize it’s the enemy speaking louder, and he distracts me into thinking I have a crazy, busy mind. So today, I decide to stop, look, and listen!
Lord, I know you have equipped me to train myself to ignore these temptations just as you rejected temptation in the wilderness. You called it out for what it was (the enemy and his lies) and proclaimed the promises of our Father. And I realize He has made promises to me too!
Promises that I am enough. I am strong. I am capable. I am confident and delighted in. When I listen to the wrong voice, the voice that puts filters of fear, unmet expectations, and doubt, deceiving me into thinking I need other things, that I don’t have enough. I’m fooled into feeling I am not strong, good enough, or capable without these other things.
I know now I don’t need band-aids to settle my mind! I just need to put my trust in you! This one who will clear and calm my busy mind!
Prayer
Help me today to look to You, Sweet Lord, for the answers I seek and to reveal the places in my heart where I store treasures of the world instead of treasures of heaven. I open my heart, my mind, and my spirit to You. I pray to hear your sweet voice today to guide me, to empower me to act in faith. I pray to rediscover that my treasure is only you.
Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever -your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. Matthew 6:19-21
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28
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Photography as Meditation, Worship and Prayer
I don’t know about you, but I’m not only drawn in but mesmerized by water, especially the ocean. The sounds – lapping of waves, roar of rapids, the simple motion as a river quietly passes by or the welling up of the next wave that licks at your feet in the sand as you watch.
This image was taken at Rehoboth Beach, someplace we enjoy traveling to with friends the first weekend of October each year. It might not always be perfect “beach weather”, to me any time I can be on the beach (without being rained or snowed on) is a perfect beach day. What always catches my attention first is the visual…the light. This image, and the MANY others like it, are an attempt to record the light as it glistens across the tips of the ripples of water. It is like silver dancing in the light.
As you study the image for a few moments, without judgment of labeling it, look at each detail, each corner and element. What catches your attention, what do you begin to think of? As you think about your busyness, whatever that looks like, how does this image speak to you? What realization might you have that can help settle your mind?
Consider looking at images you have taken of water and select one. Print it off and study it and journal whatever comes to you, anything the Lord is speaking to your heart about.