A prayer to come back to where your feet are

Jesus, how blessed are we for the gift of more TIME.
Another Monday— not one to dread or fear or swirl in anxiety but one to PRAISE because You are in control! We get to watch You do what only You can do.
I think one of the greatest gifts You can give me this week is the ability to actually be IN it.

It’s so easy for our bodies to be one place while our minds are already in seven other places. Arrest us as we do this and help us be HERE! You have prepared us for every moment ahead— but the only way we can truly receive all that You have for us here is to be …HERE!
Stewardship of this moment is always the best way to prepare for the future ones.

thank You for Your truth reminding us that You have us. Your Word helps our soul hold that close.

You give daily bread.
Strength for THIS day.
Mercy that is new THIS morning.

You know how heavy life can feel when we try to self-protect or pick up what isn’t ours to hold— which is why You always remind us to stay here. To do what we KNOW instead of being consumed by what we don’t.

You set the best example, Jesus.
People interrupted You, plans changed, needs appeared—and somehow You remained fully Yourself. You didn’t let the urgency around You establish the pace within You.
Teach me THAT.

Not a perfectly calm life— or a comfortable one. Rather, a heart that knows where to return.

Jesus, don’t let us be so busy anticipating what could happen that we miss what You are already doing.
You have tomorrow.
You have the concern that’s consuming us.
You have the conversations that we roll around in our heads.
You have the strength we wonder if we will be able to muster up.
You have it ALL.

So today, we come back to where our feet are and we walk with expectancy, HOPE, and peace.