An Invitation to Rest

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If you need rest, today’s Centering Prayer & Lectio Divina from our Friday morning group were invitations to just that – we wanted to post it in the WTC Community Circle [and our blog] for all to receive. ~Kasey Hitt

Opening: Isaiah 30:15

“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.”

-20 minutes of silence utilizing the Centering Prayer app-

CP: John 14:27 (NRSV)

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”

"Come Down Easy"

Come down easy, dear soul,

Come down easy into the rest you need.

Here is the place prepared for you,

A quiet spot in the midst of the swirl of life

A still pool, where you can be undisturbed and at peace.

Let your worries drift away like autumn smoke.

The world will wait for you,

But for now it is on the far side of the hill.

Your only task is to be healed of impatient time,

Unburdened by demanding thought,

Free of the daily dance of any expectation.

This is the timeless place

The healing place for which you have longed.

Come down easy and stay as long as you like.

-Steven Charleston, Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder

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