Who needs Netflix when our minds come up with the most fanciful fiction. Collections of nightmarish narratives run wild through our minds. What a noisy bunch of invaders they are, these scary squatters. They darken the light and pinch the soul. They maneuver us into a fog of fears, mind and spirit in full contradiction. ------G. Hill

My mind may be obsessed with idols and wants, fears and doubts; my will may be enslaved to habits; my body may be consumed with appetites. But my spirit will never find rest until it rests in God. ------John Ortberg

Author Bob Goff warns us not to allow the fog of uncertainty to keep us from new beginnings. Uncertainty mobilizes us. It steers us out into a knowing space where God is waiting.

What does God want me to know? I know myself to be a person of weakness and strength, liability and giftedness, darkness and light. I know that to be whole means to reject none of it but to embrace all of it. ------Parker J. Palmer

Embracing it all. I found numerous thoughts on embracing the entirety of life and this one by Elizabeth Gilbert made me smile: Embrace the glorious mess that you are. Just be . . .. --– Elizabeth Gilbert

Being . . .
Life can be messy. My thoughts can be messy---all over the place, concocting negative scenes I do not want to materialize. Each day I inhale life's contradictions. My numbered tomorrows are clouded with incessant drizzles of "I do not know . . . I do not know . . . I do not know. . ."
But finally, I realize these uncertainties matter little. And I choose not to dwell in fear. I exhale life's angsts and trade the litany of things 'I do not know' for the knowledge that I AM KNOWN.
-----G. Hill

My Knowing Space A place to put my head to rest, All my cares to be addressed, Without asks, just as I am, Unmasked, a weary lamb, My loving Shepherd Who knows me best. ------G. Hill

When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one of my steps I can let go of my anxious need to know how tomorrow will look, or what will happen next month or next year. ------Henri Nouwen

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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ------Psalm 23
See also: Picture a Prayer and I Am From . . .

Thank you for your your comfort words so true.
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Butch, Thank you for your comment. I too need thoughts that comfort. I often have to go back and read my own earlier posts with quotes from learned minds to remind me of loftier ideals. Blessings to you and yours.
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Very nice! The words you write are exactly who you are!!
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Aww. Thank you. So nice to read that but I do have my quiet inner struggles.
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oh Gloria this is so true as I so easily try to grab back the control instead of trusting that God is in control, not myself– and of course I obsess until I focus on His love for me and that I have to trust!!
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Nancy, I truly understand your comments. As I commented to Bill R., the what-ifs of life can be worrisome, but I do not wish to live under a cloud of uncertainty, hence this post. I also loved the images of the lamb and the “God weely, weely wuvs me.” Our inner child is smarter than we think.
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I love your lamb-person intertwinings. That whole second half of the piece is fun and thought provoking.
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Thank you, Bill. I do not wish to dwell on worrisome things, especially the what-ifs of life, hence this post. I also loved the images of the lamb and the “God weely, weely wuvs me.” Our inner child is smarter than we think.
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