Today’s Reflection
If we are open to the idea that God really is more about midwifery than rescuing, then another helpful question is what. What do you want to form and shape in me, God? What do you want me to let go of? To surrender? What part of me needs awakened? What part of my false self needs to be shed so my wise adult self can be more present? What in me do you want to heal? What in me do you want to birth?
—Beth Taulman Miller, What Loss Can Teach Us: A Sacred Pathway to Growth and Healing (Upper Room Books, 2021)
Today’s Question
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Today’s Scripture
Will I open the womb and not bring to birth? says the LORD.
Will I, who create life, close the womb? says your God.
—Isaiah 66:9 (CEB)
Prayer for the Week
God, help me let go of my desire to hustle for security, affection, and control. Help me let go of my desire to change this feeling, sensation, or situation. May I learn to welcome what is. Amen. [prayer adapted from What Loss Can Teach Us by Beth Taulman Miller]
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Lord, I have always been Yours, even when I didn’t know You. You are the potter, I am the clay, make me mold me as You would have me that I may be Your hands and feet helping to bring Your kingdom here as it is in heaven. Prayers for wisdom and peace during this time of great divide Thank You, Lord.
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