Listening to Our Hearts, Day 5
This is the last day for our devotions based on listening to our hearts.
“And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
And to walk humbly with your God.”
--A prophetic word
Micah 6:8
To conclude our week on listening, focus on the words above. As you listen, what do you hear?
Have a blessed weekend!
A prayer: Holy God, may I walk the walk and share the talk of a person graced by Your divine love. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
08.20.10
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Daily Devotion - Wednesday, August 18
Listening to Our Hearts, Day 3
We continue the week with devotions focused on listening to our hearts.
Our story for today: The answer-- where is it? Again, what do you sense this saying in your heart/soul/spirit/whatever word you use to describe that internal sense of value and order for your life?
There is a very thoughtful book in our chaplaincy library entitled Chad, written by his father. It is a tribute to Chad who died of a stroke at age 22. The book contains many heart stories from a father, now forced to listen to his heart. Here is one insight that I feel is a real gem:
In life we don’t have all of the answers.
We won’t have all of the answers.
Sometimes we have to go forward without the answers.
The answers from the tragedy become clearer----down the road.
We will never understand all of life before we need to start living life.
We have to live first to learn the answers.
A prayer: God, may I live today fully aware that I can learn more answers as I listen to my heart.
--Ben Keckler
08.18.10
We continue the week with devotions focused on listening to our hearts.
Our story for today: The answer-- where is it? Again, what do you sense this saying in your heart/soul/spirit/whatever word you use to describe that internal sense of value and order for your life?
There is a very thoughtful book in our chaplaincy library entitled Chad, written by his father. It is a tribute to Chad who died of a stroke at age 22. The book contains many heart stories from a father, now forced to listen to his heart. Here is one insight that I feel is a real gem:
In life we don’t have all of the answers.
We won’t have all of the answers.
Sometimes we have to go forward without the answers.
The answers from the tragedy become clearer----down the road.
We will never understand all of life before we need to start living life.
We have to live first to learn the answers.
A prayer: God, may I live today fully aware that I can learn more answers as I listen to my heart.
--Ben Keckler
08.18.10
Monday, August 16, 2010
Daily Devotion - Monday, August 16
Listening to Our Heart
This week’s devotions focus on listening to our hearts. The prayer for today is attributed to St. Francis.
What do you sense this prayer saying in your heart/soul/spirit/ whatever word you use to describe that internal sense of value and order for your life?
Lord,
Make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
Divine Master, grant
That I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Have a better day today as you listen to your heart.
--Ben Keckler
08.16.10
This week’s devotions focus on listening to our hearts. The prayer for today is attributed to St. Francis.
What do you sense this prayer saying in your heart/soul/spirit/ whatever word you use to describe that internal sense of value and order for your life?
Lord,
Make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
Divine Master, grant
That I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Have a better day today as you listen to your heart.
--Ben Keckler
08.16.10
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Daily Devotions - Thursday, January 17
What Song Are You Singing?
“To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation.”
--Psalm 25: 1, 4-5
Is it fair to say that we really don’t listen effectively to the music within us? We listen to the MP-3 and the IPOD play music, but how often do we listen to the internal music? The Hebrew song writer is offering this prayer of the soul, realizing that often the pace and pressures of daily routine are filled with our “stuff.” The writer goes on to affirm that God’s steadfast love is available always and that God’s grace brings harmony when it seems there are only the notes of discord.
Max Lucado has designed a deck of cards called “Comfort Cards.” These comfort cards contain various little comfort statements based on the Psalms, particularly the 23rd Psalm. Our “Ace for the day” is this card: “God wants you to hear God’s music.” On the flip side of the card is this simple meditation: “If God must silence every voice, God will. God has a rhythm that will race your heart and lyrics that will stir your tears. You want to lie down in peace? Remember, God’s music can soothe your soul.”
A prayer for today:
God of melody and harmony, write your song in my heart today. Amen.
Ben Keckler
01.17.08
“To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation.”
--Psalm 25: 1, 4-5
Is it fair to say that we really don’t listen effectively to the music within us? We listen to the MP-3 and the IPOD play music, but how often do we listen to the internal music? The Hebrew song writer is offering this prayer of the soul, realizing that often the pace and pressures of daily routine are filled with our “stuff.” The writer goes on to affirm that God’s steadfast love is available always and that God’s grace brings harmony when it seems there are only the notes of discord.
Max Lucado has designed a deck of cards called “Comfort Cards.” These comfort cards contain various little comfort statements based on the Psalms, particularly the 23rd Psalm. Our “Ace for the day” is this card: “God wants you to hear God’s music.” On the flip side of the card is this simple meditation: “If God must silence every voice, God will. God has a rhythm that will race your heart and lyrics that will stir your tears. You want to lie down in peace? Remember, God’s music can soothe your soul.”
A prayer for today:
God of melody and harmony, write your song in my heart today. Amen.
Ben Keckler
01.17.08
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