Watching her child take time for quiet thought, a busy mother decides she should more actively expect spiritual refreshment and inspiration each moment of her day.
Even with labor-saving devices and priority-setting skills, we may often feel as though our lives have got beyond us. Perhaps the real need is for a deeper sense of divine Love's control.
The Psalmist prayed, "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord ...." Couldn't we all use more of that kind of discipline in our thought and conversation?
We
rely on numbers to tell us all sorts of things: how much or how little provision will come from our income; how many pounds away we are from "beauty"; how successful our business will be.
It's easy to think that we should calculate our success by the position we hold at work. But maybe we should begin by considering what God, divine Love, knows of us.
A partner in a new business explores an important lesson he learned about progress. Listening and watching for God's will opens doors; willful pushing closes them.
