Scripture and Prayer Topic: Change Of Heart
Scripture: Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. (Holman CSBT.)
Prayer:
Lord, when “the weight of the world” begins to feel like it is crushing us within, let us turn to you, and to those you’ve so graciously placed around us… to ask for help. If we don’t know how or what to ask help in doing, may we ask for presence with us… a few moments of sacred space. A smile, a loving and supportive glance or gleam in a nearby eye… we know in our hearts was placed there by you. May it be enough, in any moment… just as we pray we are enough. May we remember… as your child, created in your image… we are always, more than enough.
Personal/Professional Growth Tool Suggestion:
Learn to play an instrument. It teaches discipline that can translate into your professional life. Start with an instrument you can make for free or out of recyclables like percussion, or find used instruments at thrift shops, consignment stores, music stores, etc. It took me three tries to find the instruments that I could play. I got discouraged when I could not learn to play keyboard or guitar, when those were the instruments that “spoke to me” most when listening to music. Turns out, percussion is the “band” of instruments I was meant to find and play… so, don’t get discouraged or give up. Try others. Or, try other forms of artistic expression, if music doesn’t speak to you. Each teaches its own disciplines.
Coping Skill Suggestion:
Self massage tender points on the body. If you get headaches, take the thumb and forefinger of one hand and pinch the pad of skin between the thumb and forefinger of the opposite hand, in front of where the bones from those two fingers meet… for thirty seconds. Release. Repeat. (Do this firmly; but, not enough to be a death grip that cuts off circulation! As always, check with your physician before trying new health routines or practices.)