Refreshment
Troubled? Lonely? Frustrated? Weary?
Maybe you need to take time to pray…to be refreshed!
No matter your religious belief, we need to refresh our minds and refresh our souls. We need to sit back and evaluate our day, our week, our month and our year. Doesn’t it feel terrific to take a shower after a long slumber and to wake up and brush our teeth and pop into the shower and awaken our bodies in preparation for the day ahead? Eww… can you imagine going to work right out of bed? Not too many people would cozy up to you. Maybe you’ve been ill for a few days, finding yourself hanging out on the sofa and thought, “maybe a shower would help me feel better”? It normally does. Sometimes a catnap can refresh our energy level. Remember the Coca Cola commercial? “The refresher side of life.” Nothing ,like a nice cold cola to refresh your thirst on a hot sunny day.
But, the loneliness, weariness, frustrations of life or work can’t always be solved with a nap, a walk, a nice cold coke or the shower. We need a little more. We need consultation or a re-kindling of spirit. And for me, prayer is often my quiet solitude. Prayer refreshes my soul, my mind and places me into a better place. I don’t need to go to a chapel or church, I can find a quiet place, even my drive to or from work I will pray. As I lay in bed before I raise my head from my pillow I will pray for the people in my life, that their day be filled with peace and happiness. I will ask for strength to carry me through my day, to be patient with my children, that I keep an open mind and ear for my staff, that the lord watch over the people I love and protect them from any harm. The days I rush out of bed , shower, dress and drive to work in a complete blurr are the type of days that just don’t flow or have purpose. I have three different prayers written that I read. One is the Serenity prayer on my bathroom mirror and under the glass desk top at work and the other two were given to me from a special person. When my day becomes overwhelming , I will sit in my office look down at the prayer and who sent it and I am refreshed. I remember the purpose I have in life and I can continue my day.
Sunday is my day to give thanks and share with my friends together in faith at church. But, you may not have a church and that is fine. You can pray no matter who you are, where you are, no matter what time of day, no matter how you put the words to form just give thanks for where you are.
You are “alive” to pray. That deserves thanks!
“The moment I wake up, before I put on my make-up I say a little prayer for you...” –Dionne Warwick
Try it out!
Keep Climbing!
Cat
Troubled? Lonely? Frustrated? Weary?
Maybe you need to take time to pray…to be refreshed!
No matter your religious belief, we need to refresh our minds and refresh our souls. We need to sit back and evaluate our day, our week, our month and our year. Doesn’t it feel terrific to take a shower after a long slumber and to wake up and brush our teeth and pop into the shower and awaken our bodies in preparation for the day ahead? Eww… can you imagine going to work right out of bed? Not too many people would cozy up to you. Maybe you’ve been ill for a few days, finding yourself hanging out on the sofa and thought, “maybe a shower would help me feel better”? It normally does. Sometimes a catnap can refresh our energy level. Remember the Coca Cola commercial? “The refresher side of life.” Nothing ,like a nice cold cola to refresh your thirst on a hot sunny day.
But, the loneliness, weariness, frustrations of life or work can’t always be solved with a nap, a walk, a nice cold coke or the shower. We need a little more. We need consultation or a re-kindling of spirit. And for me, prayer is often my quiet solitude. Prayer refreshes my soul, my mind and places me into a better place. I don’t need to go to a chapel or church, I can find a quiet place, even my drive to or from work I will pray. As I lay in bed before I raise my head from my pillow I will pray for the people in my life, that their day be filled with peace and happiness. I will ask for strength to carry me through my day, to be patient with my children, that I keep an open mind and ear for my staff, that the lord watch over the people I love and protect them from any harm. The days I rush out of bed , shower, dress and drive to work in a complete blurr are the type of days that just don’t flow or have purpose. I have three different prayers written that I read. One is the Serenity prayer on my bathroom mirror and under the glass desk top at work and the other two were given to me from a special person. When my day becomes overwhelming , I will sit in my office look down at the prayer and who sent it and I am refreshed. I remember the purpose I have in life and I can continue my day.
Sunday is my day to give thanks and share with my friends together in faith at church. But, you may not have a church and that is fine. You can pray no matter who you are, where you are, no matter what time of day, no matter how you put the words to form just give thanks for where you are.
You are “alive” to pray. That deserves thanks!
“The moment I wake up, before I put on my make-up I say a little prayer for you...” –Dionne Warwick
Try it out!
Keep Climbing!
Cat
