unshaken

“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.”

Psalm 62:5-6

My Abba,

Please quiet the loud, insistent distractions of life today. These interruptions remind me of unruly, obnoxious people at the next table in a quiet restaurant. I want to come and spend time with you without these intrusive voices. My ears need to breathe.

I want my mind and heart to be filled with your voice alone. Please fix my eyes on yours. I want you to wrap me securely in the luxurious blanket of your peace. Please transform me by your presence.

I lay all my selfishness, vanity, and pride at your feet this morning. Please take them from me and fill me with your humility, love and grace. I want all that I am to wait quietly before you.

You are my only hope. You alone are my salvation. You are my safe place where I will not be shaken. Thank you that although my body frenetically shakes because of Parkinson’s, you consistently bring a supernatural stillness to my heart.

I don’t know how all the twists and turns in my life will play out. But I do know you will always be my unshakable fortress. I choose refuge in you this morning. You are the cure for all the chaos in my life.

Please keep my eyes from focusing on the plot, setting, props, and characters of this life. I know there is a victorious finale. I want to live enlivened by your Spirit until my final curtain drops and I see you face to face.

Thank you, my God, for always allowing me to pour out my heart to you. You are the one-and-only perfectly compassionate Listener.

I love you,

Mollie

My child,

I am delighted you have chosen the finest use of your time, resources, and energy today – waiting quietly before me. I want you to experience my transforming love. I will bring victory over the adversaries of selfishness, vanity and pride. Nothing in your heart that resists me stands a chance in the face of my love. Ultimately, I will always prevail.

I am glad you want to let go of the noise that interrupts my music. I can quiet that cacophony. I will take your open, expectant heart and fill it with my beautiful song. You and I will remain, as the clouds of your circumstances pass by. I will provide for you, regardless of what direction your story takes.

As you look to me, I will draw you into my glorious purposes each day. The shifting sands of your hourglass will not bury my plans. I will accomplish what my heart desires. No triumph or tragedy will make or break our story. Our eternal connection and my plans are infinitely greater than all of that.

Rest with me, even when the current does not seem to favor you. I am King of the current and can redirect and repurpose it for a greater glory than you can imagine.

I love you,

Abba

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