Slow Me Down
Days are fleeting. Relationships are messy. Time is scarce. The heart is deceitful. Grace is deceptively simple and undeniably difficult. Mistakes are made. Bodies are weary. Pride creeps in, along with doubt. Longings arise. The unexpected becomes the norm. The norm surprises you. Peace is in sight but out of reach. Everything is ordered yet chaotic. Life. God is good, but sometimes I run out of words. So I turn to His. Hope this refreshes your soul as much as it did mine. Psalm 51:10-12, 15-17 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, & take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit...O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth with declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will no