Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.

…like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet. Sarah Louise Delaney

She is an Alzheimer’s patient. She no longer maintains a narrative of her life, but her experiencing self is still sensitive to beauty and gentleness. Thinking, fast and slow, p. 390, Daniel Kahneman.

You are thinking of your failed marriage entirely from the perspective of the remembering self. A divorce is like a symphony with a screeching sound at the end – the fact that it ended badly does not mean it was all bad. Thinking, fast and slow, p. 385, Daniel Kahneman.

As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.

Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

May the Lord… give you His peace no matter what happens.

O God won’t you please take the hurry-up out of me? Help me to wait on You and to receive all that you have for me, in Christ. Amen.

Spritled woman Hattie Hammond

Lord, I embrace the New Year ahead and praise You for the many experiences I will have with You, as I walk in the Spirit daily. Thank you for the year ahead! Help me to use each day wisely. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Chapel service Christ for the Nations