1008 停驻片刻
亲爱的，在那些有无数事情在脑海中飞驰、你几乎抓不住一个念头、无法把它想透的日子里，且停下来，是的，停下来。允许自己往后靠一靠，深吸一口气。从你脑中的忙乱和待办清单里抽身出来，来寻找我。如果你愿意离开片刻，我会帮你安排你的一天、一周，甚至接下来的一小时。
有时候，责任和义务所带来的感觉比实际情况更加混乱，因为你里面还有其他事情在争夺你的注意力。你有必须处理的责任，但你感到不堪重负，因为你的里面正在应对更大的事情。有些事你一直没有花时间与我一起处理；某些处境可能正在触发你里面那些需要与我一起走过的领域；又或者，焦虑正试图把你吸入它那令人衰弱的漩涡。无论是哪种情况，我都允许你让那些杂务再搁置一会儿，坐在我的同在里，安静下来，让我以我的平安来服事你。当你离开时，你将拥有清醒的头脑和平静的心，在更短的时间里完成一切你需要做的事。
不要被各方拉扯，也不要为任何事忧虑。让你每一天都沉浸在祷告里，怀着满溢的感恩，把你充满信心的祈求呈献在神面前。把你生命中的每一个细节都告诉他，然后，神那超越人所能理解的奇妙平安，必借着耶稣基督让你知道答案。——腓立比书 4:6–7
1008 Stop for just a moment
Beloved, on days when so many things race through your mind that you can hardly grasp one thought long enough to think it through, stop. Yes, stop. Give yourself permission to sit back and take a breath. Step away from your mental busyness and your to-do list, and find me. I’ll help you organize your day, your week, even the next hour, if you’ll step away for a moment.
Sometimes, obligations feel more chaotic than they actually are, because you have other internal things vying for your attention. You have duties that must be tackled, but you feel overwhelmed because inside you’re dealing with something bigger. There are things you haven’t taken the time to process with me. Situations may be triggering areas inside of you that need to be walked through with me. Or perhaps anxiety is trying to suck you into its debilitating vortex. Either way, you have my permission to let the chores go for a little bit longer, to sit in my presence and be still while I minister my peace to you. When you come away, you’ll have the clear mind and peaceful heart to do all that you need to do in less time.
Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life, then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ. –PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7