February 4, 2015 – Smriti "Simmi" D. Isaac

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My kitchen window-sill two months ago.

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Warm and Toasty on the Inside. What Else Matters?

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Letting Up: What’s that?

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“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.”

Philippians 4:6-7 MSG – A verse of the day from the Bible presented in Eugene Peterson’s contemporary version called The Message. Accompanied by a personal reflection below.

Petitions and praises. That’s what comprises prayer. I hope and trust that you are doing just that. “…letting God know your concerns” is a good thing, but equally important is to offer praise for daily mercies and eternal blessings. When we do both in equal measure — perhaps even leaning more on praise than on petition — “a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good” is the end-result.