{"id":4405,"date":"2020-03-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2020-02-29T15:54:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T20:54:03","slug":"when-im-completely-scattered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/when-im-completely-scattered\/","title":{"rendered":"When I&#8217;m Completely Scattered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"When I'm Completely Scattered 3\/05\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/cuz4a-d50a76?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Centering and calming God,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes my mind is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>both everywhere and nowhere at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m filled with such a mess of tasks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>reminders, and to-do alerts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>all pinging against the walls of my head.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ask for your peace-giving guidance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to place these thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where they ought to be today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every tiny thing in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>looms seemingly large,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while the assignments,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>relationships and worries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>engulf me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help me put aside what can wait,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>letting what needs my attention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>receive the action it deserves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help me sort this out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slow down my breathing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>reminding me when<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been a ball of anxiety before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and you\u2019ve untangled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my life, my worries\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give me space to remember these things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>zipping within are not my life,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but small slices of it \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll take them on as I\u2019m able,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>one at a time (with you by my side).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With your holy breath, clear my mind\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With your purifying Spirit, cleanse my soul\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With your gentle presence, calm my heart\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help me, God, in the confusion or the jumble<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to focus on what really, really matters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for the ways you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>center me and bring me back to life \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to the real, the important, the true.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May I go about the rest of this day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>focused on you and grounded in your peace \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>peace deeper than my understanding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThose of steadfast mind you keep in peace \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>in peace because they trust in you.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Isaiah 26:3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By:&nbsp;<em>Arianne Braitwaite Lehn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From:&nbsp;<em>Ash &amp; Starlight, Prayers for the Chaos &amp; Grace of Daily Life<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please pray this prayer whenever you need to this Lent.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centering and calming God,&nbsp; Sometimes my mind is both everywhere and nowhere at all. 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