Proverbs 3

Cultivate gratitude each day this month.

Day 20: Grateful for Guidance

• Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
• in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
• Meditation: This scripture may seem to say not to use your own mind. Yet that’s not quite the message. After all, we were given the gift of intellect and discernment, as well as emotional intelligance. The balance of this text urges us to lean into the equilibirum of choice and path by listening with heart and mind attuned to Holy Love. How do you best listen to what direction is sustainable for you? Even our bodies hold knowledge and wisdom!
• Spiritual Practices: Seek guidance on a decision you are facing. Spend time in prayer, journaling your thoughts and feelings about it. Ask someone who knows you well to reflect with you on your strengths and values. Take  a walk. Doodle it out. Imagine different choices, and live with them for several hours, as if they are real … how does your body feel and what does it tell you?

SONGS:

• Where Feet May Follow  by Hillsong United: https://youtu.be/dy9nwe9_xzw?si=sVQGrGQtG6-NuyPx

The Guest House –– Rumi
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.