Fear and unhappiness chase each other round and round in a
circle.
~~Elizabeth Goudge
This
morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest
Christian Women Writers of All Time.
You’ve
seen the poor dog that just can’t catch his tail. The harder he chases it, the
faster it moves away. It’s a dizzying cycle that continues round and round and
round—unless someone steps in with a juicy bone, leaving both dog and tail
happy with the outcome.
Fear
and unhappiness are a lot like that. They can feed off each other in a vicious,
unending spiral within your life. Your fear makes you unhappy; your unhappiness
makes you fearful. But God can step in to obliterate both unhappiness and fear.
He
has so much more for you than running in circles. He wants to rescue you by
lifting you out of the chaos and into his still and comforting presence.
The
cycle stops here if you let him step in.
Prayer
for Meditation
Enter my chaos, Lord, and rescue me
from the vicious cycle of fear and unhappiness.
Scripture
for Meditation
For
I hold you by your right hand—
I,
the LORD your God.
And
I say to you,
‘Don’t
be afraid. I am here to help you. Isaiah 41:13
Music
for Meditation
Healing Rain
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