I want to share with you today a reflection that was published by the Upper Room on Sunday, May 10. I hope it contributes to your journey of discovery in this time of COVID 19.
Today's Reflection
Being in touch with our anger and fear and anxiety is a vital part of growing spiritually. To grow spiritually requires centering our lives in that which can sustain us in the midst of the changing world around us. Spiritual strength is the ability to stay on course even when the winds of threat and fear would knock us off. If we are in touch with our fears and our anger, then we are more aware of what we are putting our trust in. … To trust in the energy of life that creates and re-creates us, ever calling us into a new world, is to be defined by that which has eternal qualities.
—Dan Moseley, Lose, Love, Live: The Spiritual Gifts of Loss and Change(Upper Room Books, 2011)
Today's Question
What fear and anger do you need to acknowledge today? Join the conversation.
Today's Scripture
When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
—Psalm 56:3 (NRSV)
Prayer for the Week
Loving God, gather us together and bring us comfort like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings.
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Lectionary Readings
(Courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library)
Acts 7:55-60Psalm 31:1-5, 15-161 Peter 2:2-10John 14:1-14
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