As Peaceful As A Flower

We complicate our lives when we borrow trouble from  the future.  We waste our energy worrying about what might happen tomorrow; we become frantic and pressured looking at the many responsibilities on our to-do list for the next week; we lie awake obsessing over our plans for the upcoming month.


And meanwhile we miss the precious gift of peace that God has given us right here, right now, in this tiny present moment that touches eternity.  Be like the wildflower, Jesus tells us in the Gospels, simply soaking up today's sunshine: "Take no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself" (Matthew 6:34).


Children live the same way, delighting in the here and now, untroubled by the future.  When we can find that same wholehearted simplicity, we, too, will know the peace of God's Kingdom.

Ellen Sanna

I Look To You, Dear Lord

You are my hope, the Lord of my life.  I wait on You and move cautiously in my decisions.  I am not ashamed to trust in Your guidance, Lord.  Instead I feel thankful for the trust in You.  I am filled with peace.  Throughout the day my thoughts often turn to You for direction and strength.  In quiet and confidence I find the strength only You can give.


You, dear Father, are my Rock and my defender; I shall not fear.  I know I believe, and I am persuaded that You keep me close to You day by day.


I look to You.  I doubt not in Your unfailing love for me.  Thank You.  In Jesus' name.  Amen. 


Anita Corine Donihue