{"id":5513,"date":"2020-06-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:52:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T18:52:04","slug":"when-im-a-paradox-of-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/when-im-a-paradox-of-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"When I&#8217;m a Paradox of Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"When I'm a Paradox of Feelings 6\/30\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/cmns2-e184a6?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><strong><em>Sweet Spirit,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How grateful I am for&nbsp;<br>your companionship<br>in all I feel and hold.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sometimes I feel unglued,<br>going in so many directions<br>and yearning for centeredness<br>amid the clamor.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sometimes I feel bored stiff,<br>weighed down by the&nbsp;<br>heavy sameness of<br>my days and choices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sometimes I feel strong and grateful,<br>amazed at the sweetness<br>in this season of life.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sometimes I feel self-pitying,<br>sad that another week passed<br>without a phone call from family<br>or invitation from a friend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sometimes I feel consumed with worry &#8212;<br>people who need help,<br>people making sad choices,<br>people I feel responsible for,<br>people I don\u2019t understand<br>(or don\u2019t understand me).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You beautifully seam my paradoxes,<br>grounding both my<br>flurry and emptiness,<br>my worry and joy,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>in your heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Help me give each of&nbsp;<br>these feelings their place &#8212;<br>to honor them,<br>accept them,<br>and with a breath of release,<br>blow away the ones no longer needed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I praise you, Loving Spirit,<br>for the fresh energy and freedom you offer.<br>Thank you for living within me,<br>breathing your peace and power<br>into the bottom of my being.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>It is not by my own abilities but by you<br>that I live out my calling.<br>I ask for your support to be with me,<br>for you are my Source of true strength.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You have been and will be with me &#8212;<br>in the variety of unique<br>circumstances and challenges I face.<br>I open my arms and eyes<br>with the acceptance you\u2019re teaching me\u2026..<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cYou know me inside and out, you hold me together\u2026.\u201d<\/em><br>Psalm 41:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ash &amp; Starlight. Prayers for the Chaos &amp; Grace of Daily Life<br>By Arianne Braithwaite Leon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please take the time to pray to the Holy Spirit and to reflect on the paradox of your feelings.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweet Spirit,&nbsp; How grateful I am for&nbsp;your companionshipin all I feel and hold. Sometimes I feel unglued,going in so many directionsand yearning for centerednessamid the clamor.&nbsp; Sometimes I feel bored stiff,weighed down by the&nbsp;heavy sameness ofmy days and choices. Sometimes I feel strong and grateful,amazed at the sweetnessin this season of life. 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