Living Lightly

Happy 2017!  It's that time again.  We face a fresh new year ahead of us; and we generally set about making "resolutions" or setting goals for things that we want to do differently or better in the upcoming year.  Thinking about changes we want to make can be a daunting process.  It's helpful to have a starting point.

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.  ~Matthew 6:33

I came across this poem/prayer that I thought would help us start the year seeking Him first:
I hold the weighty word of our family’s Father.
I have the open ear of the Master of all.
May I rest.
May I reflect and remember
         For Your way is strange.
May I not grasp at my own expectations.
May I see through death, dark, and defeat
         For all things You master.
May I pay heed to Your world.
May I hearken to Your word
         For You complete what You design.
May I take with grateful wonder and righteous prudence.
May I make with joyful diligence and humble faith
         For freely You give.
May I admit my limits: my failures, flaws, and fears.
May I accept others: their struggles, strangeness, and strength
         For You take us into Your arms.
May I speak and see carefully.
May I sleep fully free from care
         For You lead us.
Yes, Master, may You lead my family
         and hold our hand
         and walk beside us all the days of our lives
         that we may dwell forever with your Son, Jesus Christ,
         with whom we sit
         asking these things.
Amen.
                                                           ~ Kevin Keatley

Learning to 'live lightly' by resting in His ever-faithful love...