the things I can't keep to myself
11:09"I know I should watch
my meditation.
It is important to guard
my thoughts.
It is a battle to not
be taken captive.
It’s hard to think
after you.
There are so
many things that compete
for my thoughts,
so many things that call after
my desires.
It really is war, fought in the neighborhoods
of my mind.
“If only” commands too much of
my meditation.
“I wish” controls too much of
my thoughts.
“I need” fights for
control.
It is so easy in the midst
of it all to forget
the one thing I was created
to remember:
You.
I now confess
it is so easy to lose sight of
Your presence
Your power
Your kingdom
Your glory
Your plan
Your grace.
In my right mind I know that
forgetting is the
first step in losing
my way.
So, I humbly ask once again,
O, Spirit of wisdom and grace,
please empower me to
meditate on You,
please enable me to fight
distraction.
Please deliver me from the
one thing I cannot escape:
my fickle heart.
So that everything
I do would bear the mark of
remembering You." — Paul Tripp (via theoceanwaits)
my meditation.
It is important to guard
my thoughts.
It is a battle to not
be taken captive.
It’s hard to think
after you.
There are so
many things that compete
for my thoughts,
so many things that call after
my desires.
It really is war, fought in the neighborhoods
of my mind.
“If only” commands too much of
my meditation.
“I wish” controls too much of
my thoughts.
“I need” fights for
control.
It is so easy in the midst
of it all to forget
the one thing I was created
to remember:
You.
I now confess
it is so easy to lose sight of
Your presence
Your power
Your kingdom
Your glory
Your plan
Your grace.
In my right mind I know that
forgetting is the
first step in losing
my way.
So, I humbly ask once again,
O, Spirit of wisdom and grace,
please empower me to
meditate on You,
please enable me to fight
distraction.
Please deliver me from the
one thing I cannot escape:
my fickle heart.
So that everything
I do would bear the mark of
remembering You." — Paul Tripp (via theoceanwaits)
(via chanteee)
08:47"Fear gets a foothold when you focus on you and the things that might happen to you. Courage takes over when you focus on God and what He is going to do. And since you believe that whatever is going to happen is going to be a direct result of what God is doing, why waste time on fear? The unknown future is nothing compared to the known God." — Matt King (via hisquietvoice)
(via chanteee)
11:12
Ineffable Creator,
You who are the true source of life and wisdom and the Principle on which everything depends, be so kind as to infuse in my obscure intelligence a ray of your splendor that may take away the darkness of sin and ignorance.
Grant me keenness of understanding, ability to remember, measure and easiness of learning, discernment of what I read, rich grace with words.
Grant me strength to begin well my studies; guide me along the path of my efforts; give them a happy ending.
You who are true God and true Man, Jesus my Savior, who lives and reigns forever.
Amen
Thomas Aquinas
(Source: theoceanwaits, via vivalexi)
