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about these passages is that they counteract our negative feelings and thoughts.
They powerfully and evocatively tell you nothing can hurt you, that you will
ˈshineˉ, that even in the darkness He will protect you.
If we just listen again and again to what we want to be in our hearts, we can
change the way we think. When we˅re lying in bed awake and five a.m. full of
darkness and doubts, we can remember the inspired words from readings like
these. We can choose to turn to those, rather than to our worries. Someone once
told me: ˈTrust hope, not fears.ˉ Trusting is a process. Imagine if your father had
died saving your life. Wouldn˅t you honor him and love him forever, and use him
as a role model for how
you
would like to live your life? That˅s all it is, really. It˅s
practical. It also can fill our bodies, hearts and souls with gratitude and with
peace.
P
RAYER
Please help us to accept the loving peace you offer us. It is so grand and real
that we choose to abide in you and honor you by accepting this great gift with an
open and trusting heart.
_______
P
ATSY
H
ILBERT
Parishioner