Lord, I rest in You.
I accept myself as a gift from You.
I acknowledge that I can love myself while I work on myself.
I realize improvement is not about becoming someone else, but about growing into my best self.
Thank You for reminding me to rest.
Rest means more than just doing nothing, for our bodies do a lot of vital work while we are asleep, and can’t live without it!
Rest can also mean that something abides within or is built upon another thing. To say of someone, “Their strength lies in their humility does not mean their strength simply lies there doing nothing; it is nourished by and becomes the active outflow of its source.
So, I abide in You, my Love, I sink my roots deep to draw from You, the source of my being, my breath, my uniqueness, and my passions.
I will do through You
as I rest in You.
“The Lord replied,
‘My Presence will go with you,
and I will give you rest.'" – Exodus 33:14
I pray that, according to the riches of his glory,
he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being
with power through his Spirit
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith,
as you are being rooted and grounded in love. – Ephesians 3:16-17
The Lyrical Realist 