NACR Daily Meditation for Saturday, Mar 1, 2003

1 Mar 2003 08:00:00 -0000

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NACR Daily Meditation for Saturday, Mar 1, 2003

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The Lord your God is with you he is mighty to save. He will take great delight
in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

God comforts and takes joy in his children. We are like infants in his arms.
God delights in us, quiets us with his love, and sings for joy over us. 

It may be very difficult to imagine God so full of joy over you. This image is especially difficult for people who have been abandoned physically or emotionally by parents. You may have
been unwanted. You may have been criticized and rejected. You may have been
abused at the hands of the people you needed most to comfort you.

But we are not unwanted by God. We will not be rejected or abused by God.
God delights in us. God longs to quiet our agitation and anxiety with love. God is so glad we are alive. God sings for joy! The Creator of the Universe takes such delight in us and sings for joy!

Do you delight in me, God?
Are you glad I'm alive?
You amaze me!
Help me, Father God, 
to experience your protection.
Help me, Mother God, 
to experience your nurture.
Quiet my anxious heart.
Sing to me, God.
Sing your songs of joy to me until I am quieted with your love.
Amen.

Copyright 1991 Dale and Juanita Ryan

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