Today I wanted to do something a little different due to the current times we all find ourselves in. I have an excerpt from Brennan Manning’s book “Souvenirs of Solitude”. Brennan is one of my favorite authors I hope his words comfort you today.

Father, because I am loved and I love, I don’t have to explain myself to you. I don’t have to excuse myself to you. I don”t have to abase myself before you. You know all about me, and you call me friend. You call me your delight. You call me beloved.

Because I am loved and I love I need not lie prostrate on my face before you. I am free to run into the circle of your waiting arms, to enter the fullness of your embrace, to be held, safely, strongly, securely, against your heart.

Because I am loved and I love I don’t have to worry about my response or lack of it. I don’t have to struggle with my desire to understand. I don’t have to wrestle with my feelings of unworthiness. All I have to do is be still, stay close and let you love me into wholeness.

Father, sometimes it’s the hardest thing in the world just to be still, stay close and let you love me. But because I am loved and I love, I try.

Here I am, Father. Still, for once. Closer than I have ever been. Waiting. Accepting. Wanting. Love me, father.