Day 21.
That means we’re already past the half-way mark through this season of Lent –
I only recently found this little gift of a song when it came across my Pandora station a few weeks ago, and it’s quickly becoming my heart’s anthem. It was a beautiful afternoon and I was on a lunch hour walk, a perfect time-out for a quick breath of fresh air. I wasn’t particularly sad or heavy hearted, my head was just full of thoughts, and all those pesky feelings that want to tag along wherever I go. It seems like I’m in a constant state of evaluating where I am in this personal quest for inner peace and healing, which sometimes turns in to an inner “to do” list with tasks I can neatly complete and check off (an approach that isn’t very conducive to healing, by the way!)
I truly am trusting God to continue this mending of my heart…..but I’m also working very very hard to do my part. And sometimes I get ahead of the process and wonder where the fledgling peace I’m beginning to find again has gone!
I’ve a feeling there is much more God wants us to discover about Him and about ourselves in the coming weeks, and I trust we’ll find new depths of courage and honesty as we do, but on Day 21….let’s give ourselves a little space and take a break from the emotional heavy lifting.
I think it looks like a very good day to pause….to take a deep breath….and to rest in the promises that already belong to us. No fear. No fixing. Just….
….rest. <3
I Will Rest
City Harbor
I try so hard to keep it in
When I’m falling apart
Put up walls to preserve
My fragile heart
But I’m tired cause I know
That I’m not strong enough, strong enough
I make my plans
I try to prosper by the work
Of my own hands
But I stumble cause the truth is
That I can’t
And I grow weary cause it seems
The race is never done, never done
I will rest, I will rest
In the promises that You
Have given me
I will rest, I will rest
All Your goodness
And Your mercy follow me
They follow me
I will not fear
I won’t forget
That you are always near
Even when the road I walk’s unclear
In the waiting I’ll be still
And know that You are God, You are God
I will rest, I will rest
In the promises that You
Have given me
I will rest, I will rest
All Your goodness
And Your mercy follow me
They follow me
You’re my Shelter, my Refuge
Fortress for my soul
I will trust You
You’re my Shepherd, my Rescue
Forever my Stronghold
I will trust You, trust You
I will rest, I will rest
In the promises that You
Have given me
I will rest, I will rest
All Your goodness
And Your mercy follow me
They follow me
Follow me