Father,

We sit in gratitude this morning for all you have made in this world. A world that is in the process of changing. We can’t help but notice, Father, that we are changing too. That as more and more darkness is exposed to the Light, we become grateful for the very gift of life give us by you. These bodies are a bio-engineering miracle, given to us by you to use while we are here. Our Soul which brings this body to life, that guides our experience out of the Love that we are. “I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.” (Psalm139) We don’t always treat our bodies with the best care, and we don’t always listen to the wisdom of our Soul, please forgive us for that. “For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah does the church.” (Ephesians 5:29)

Right now, we come back to reset those priorities of remembering to love and appreciate ourselves first before we do anything else. To fill our own gas tank up to full first. To put on our own oxygen mask, before helping the person next to us. As you have told us, this is so important because, whenever we are feeling lacking or resentful, it’s because we need to remember to take the time for ourselves and give love to ourselves in gratitude and humility of everything you have so lovingly given to us. We can feel it flowing through us again, spilling outward to others. When we nourish ourselves with loving thoughts, we don’t deplete, and that is the key to the lesson you beckon us to learn.

Your amazing Love for us overwhelms and changes the very fabric of our lives. When we stop and give time to solitude with you, it amplifies every ounce of love that we have given to ourselves which strengthens our health and helps us maintain balance as we encounter life’s challenges. “Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced His perfect love.” (1 John 4:18)

Let it be so,
Amen.