Self-portrait

We are all such complicated beings that if each of us were to create a new self-portrait each day for a month, what we would create might very well change dramatically from day to day.

One self-portraits I would make would look a little something like this:

Look closely.

Sela

"The Sela, which often occurs in the middle of a Psalm, is meant to signal a meditative interlude." 

-- Richard Foster in Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home

According to Martin Luther, the Sela requires "a quiet and restful soul, which can grasp and hold to that which the Holy Spirit there presents and offers."

Perhaps...

And amen.

For the Coming Day

Evening Prayer

Lord, You have always given 

bread for the coming day; 

and though I am poor,

today I believe.

Lord, You have always given

strength for the coming day;

and though I am poor,

today I believe.

Lord, You have always given

peace for the coming day

and though of anxious heart,

today I believe.

Lord, You have always kept

me safe in trials;

and now, tried as I am,

today I believe.

Lord, You have always marked

the road for the coming day;

and though it may be hidden,

today I believe.

Lord, You have always lightened

this darkness fo mine;

and though the night is here,

today I believe.

Lord, You have always spoken

when time was ripe;

and though you be silent now,

today I believe.

From the Northumbria Community and the Celtic Daily Prayer book