A blessing for slowing down
If you’re feeling overwhelmed
if your mind is moving
in a thousand directions
and you’re unable to concentrate
this blessing is for you.
If your body can’t keep up with your mind
if your head aches and the days blend together
if you fail to take a break
this blessing is for you.
If your mind wonders
and worries and frets
if your body is tense and tight
if your heart is tired of breaking
this blessing is for you.
Look up
Breathe deep
Be still
Remember
God is with you
With every worry
hear God’s voice
calling you beloved
with every moment overscheduled
hear God’s voice –
come to me and rest
Look up
Breathe deep
Be still
Remember
God is with you.
This blessing is with you
in the hustle and bustle
this blessing clings to you
in the hurry
and holds you tight.
This blessing wants you to know
You, beloved child of God,
are enough
just as you are
so rest
and be still
and remember
God is with you.
Kimberly Knowle-Zeller is an ELCA pastor, mother, and writer who lives in Cole Camp, MO with her family. If you’d like to read more from Kim, you can sign up for her monthly newsletter, Walk and Talk here. As a gift to her readers and subscribers who sign up, she has a free downloadable resource: Walk and Talk with God: Reflection, Scripture references, and a how-to for your own contemplative walk.
