Take a moment to get into a comfortable position.
Taking a deep breath in through your nose and a big exhale out through your mouth.
Breathing out any anxieties or worries you've been hanging onto.
Keep your body permission now to let go and release.
Breathe in again for 4 seconds.
4,
3,
2,
1 and hold for 4,
3,
2,
1.
Exhale out and release for 4,
3,
2,
1 and hold for 4,
3,
2,
1.
Allow your body to fully relax in this moment.
Allowing your cares to slip away like raindrops dripping off your skin.
I'd like to start with the Holy Scripture to alleviate your worries.
Therefore I tell you,
Do not worry about your life,
What you will eat or drink or about your body,
What you will wear.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air.
They do not sow or reap or store away in barns and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
Then why do you worry about your clothes?
See how the flowers of the field grow?
They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,
Which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire,
Will he not much more clothe you,
You of little faith?
Matthew 6 25 30.
Take a moment now to just meditate on that.
You do not want to do anything about it,
You always have something special in you.
I want you to imagine yourself now on a boat.
This boat can be filled with your favorite colors and designs or maybe it's a simple boat.
Imagine yourself lying on your back,
Enjoying the steadiness of the water and the blue sky.
Feel now that the clouds begin to darken and the waves begin to travel faster.
You are embarking on unknown territory.
But as you look to your right,
You see Jesus.
As he takes your hand to provide you with just the right comfort you need.
He smiles and assures you that he has your boat all under control.
You need not worry.
Feel your body start to fill with pure loving peace.
Peace that a father providing for his children gives.
You realize you are in safe and giving hands.
You are adored by the almighty father.
As you begin to let go of your worries and sink into this peaceful feeling of trust,
You notice the sky begins to turn blue again and the waves begin to calm.
Notice the birds singing in the distance.
Notice their soft feathers as they fly effortlessly through the sky without a worry in the world.
God had it in his hands all along.
You are safe.
You are well.
You are loved.
Begin to focus your attention onto your breath,
Breathing in calm and exhaling out worry.
Breathing in peace and exhaling out fear.
Breathe in again now for seven seconds.
Hold for seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
And exhale out for seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Let's try that again.
Hold in for seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Hold for seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One and exhale out for seven,
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One.
Feel what your body feels like now in this new peaceful state.
Feel the ground beneath you.
Be mindful of this present moment.
Notice any sensations,
Whether they be big or small.
Just noticing them without judgments.
As you go about your day in this new calm state of mind,
Remember that Jesus calmed the storm in the book of Mark where it says,
He got up,
Rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
Quiet,
Be still.
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples,
Why are you so afraid?
Do you still have no faith?
Look for 3940.
Feel go about your day in faith and in calm with a clear knowing that the Lord is with you.
Come earlier?
Come earlier.
Be well.
Shalom.
