Christian Living

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We need to safeguard the wellness of our own souls and that of the next generation: the health of the inner being, peace of mind, contentment, passion for living. We need to know what challenges us and inspires us.

Let us pray like Hannah with the fervency and intensity that our nation will be made up of persons of prayer. We have to pray for others who cannot comprehend or articulate their own spiritual experiences. We sailed on ships in the decks or in the hold to get here in order to make the desert bloom.

Why not write down three things that you do to protect your sanity, to restore your dignity, revive your spirit and safeguard the wellness of your soul. Often, we do not give ourselves recovery time, and vacation time spent shopping from morning until evening is no rest time at all.

What three things threaten the wellness of your soul? If you do not eat properly and on time, if you do not exercise, if you do not pray, if you feed an addiction, if you overwork, overspend, such things undermine your equilibrium.

How are you applying what you have learnt from education, revelation, inspiration, and experience? If you are able to read this meditation you are listed among the literate of the world. How are you contributing to the enlightenment of our people? How are you positively influencing those around you?

Can we teach our children how to surrender those things that cannot be changed by us and not slip into despair? Can they be taught to creatively occupy themselves with appropriate activities while they are waiting for God to show them how to build a life for themselves? Can we model for them the forgiveness that permits healthy relationships to still occur after deep wounding?

How frequently do we say the following?
I am sorry, please forgive me.
You have hurt me very badly but I choose to forgive you.
I am grateful for our relationship.
Can we teach them this level of sensitive and honest communication?

Imagine that you are a weaned child on your mother’s lap, then, transfer the thought to sitting on God’s lap with no desire for anything but to be still in the presence of God. Machines must recover or go down when they are in need of a rest. How we do we offer the example of inner quietness? On the other hand, do we laugh and smile? Are we pleasant to be around? Do they see the joy of the Lord in us?

Ponder these things and then intentionally safeguard the wellness of your soul.

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