Having your heart opened for gratitude enables good and wonderful things to increasingly flow into your life, even in the midst of challenges and hard times.

You were born for such a time as this! Your life -- wherever God has placed you -- does make a difference.

Today, know that Christ’s presence fills you with hope, joy, peace, and love. Carry that thought with you. Sink your roots deep into what this can mean in your life. And let the loving presence of Christ help you to feel more complete, loved, and full of life and energy.

What do you actually need for the journey, and how would a home and living spaces that are freed up of extra possessions free up space in your mind and heart for more time in relationships, especially with God?

If you’ve been engaging in some home projects and decluttering during the pandemic, let those activities remind you of the need to also spot and discard inner life emotions and stories that are no longer needed on your journey.

Let go of your need to control the present moment, taking any next steps as God shows them to you. Then see how much more joy and freedom you feel when you let go, knowing that God is on the job and in control, leading you in the way that’s best for you.

For the sake of your physical, emotional, and spiritual health -- and no matter what time of life you’re in -- it’s good to spend some time looking at what “letting go” might look like for your daily schedule. 

If you need some encouragement today, if you maybe need a mantra to get through the storms and chaos, try using the words peace, be still... peace, be still... peace, be still.

If you’re losing heart and feel rather helpless to make a difference in the world, hold on to Love. It’s already inside of you. Cultivate it in your daily life. And be assured of God’s desire to assist you in being a conduit of the very thing that the world needs now -- Love.

The letting go of long time habits or distractions, and the voluntary pruning of things in our life that keep us from being our true and connected self would undoubtedly change us. But the result of our efforts might just lead to a new inner beauty and love about us, and to an abundant and calm productivity in all that we do to love and serve the world.