Reflect
We have often heard and sung the words from Psalm 95:8: “Oh, that today you would hear his voice/Do not harden your hearts.” Fear can harden our hearts—especially fear of people who we perceive as so very different from us. Reflect on any ways that your fearful thoughts around others covers up the radiance of your heart.
Pray
God, help me look within today and discover the truth:
how my fear of others leads me to judging them
and then all that inner noise deafens the sound of you.
I long to turn down the volume of my fears and my thoughts,
until they become barely a whisper, and perhaps even fully disappear.
Then I can hear the strains of your voice,
and my heart softens with the music of your love.
Act
Take a moment to press your hand to your heart and breathe deeply. Close your eyes and thank God for the miracle of its rhythm.
