July Prayers | On Perspective
“You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.’ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.”
Dear Friends,
Summer is a season that can offer us perspective - on the year behind us, on the ways we’re ordering our lives, our habits, our relationships, our priorities. Ideally, prayer offers such a space each day, but we often need more dramatic events like vacation and travel or reunions with friends and family to find renewed perspective on our lives. One small, perhaps strange, practice I occasionally practice is the act of looking at your house (or a gathering) from the outside. I invite you to literally step away and look back on your life, on where you live or your friends or family gathered, from the outside. Or, perhaps you could look back over old photos or videos. Whatever form it takes, listen and reflect on what fresh perspective God might be offering you in this act of seeing and reflecting.
-Christy Yates, Associate Director