Some mornings, the first thing I touch is a glowing phone.
Before my feet reach the floor, other people’s needs, headlines, and unfinished conversations have already told me what kind of day this will be. None of them is necessarily unimportant. But when they become my first guide, I enter the morning in response to a world that has not yet asked what peace would have me do.
Giving this holy instant to God does not mean abandoning plans. It means letting peace establish the purpose before activity establishes the pace.
What if the day is not primarily for completing everything? What if it is for learning to meet what arrives without leaving love behind?
God’s direction may still lead me to answer the message or make a plan. It may also lead me to wait, take a pause, or release a demand that fear labeled essential.
I do not need directions for the next twelve hours.
This instant is enough to practice following peace.
A PRIVATE REFLECTION
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