Be…
Today I would like to say a special word of thanks to those of you who have supported the Dial Hope Foundation with a financial donation. Your gifts make this ministry possible!
A few years ago, I ran into my friend Ernestine at a continuing education event outside of Atlanta. Ernestine was the Dean of Students at my seminary and served as my pastor there for three years. She came to the hospital the day my daughter Marley was born. Today she is retired.
At the conference I asked Ernestine what she was doing in her retirement. She said something along the lines of: Well, I’m 75 years old. I’ve stopped thinking about doing and instead I’m thinking a lot more about being… I don’t have any mountains to climb, so this year I really just want to be:
I want to be still.
I want to be centered.
I want to be grateful.
I want to be thoughtful and kind.
How beautiful. In life we are so often process focused. We often think: what next? what’s on the agenda? what are the next steps? Ernestine’s comments made me reflect on how we would be more healthy if, from time to time, we would think about just being….
Psalm 46 reads, “Be still and know that I am God.”
Let us pray: Loving and Gracious God, today we pause just a moment in your presence. Calm our spirits. Renew us. Heal us. Fill us. Restore us. Amen.
Daily Message Author: Joe Albright
Rev. Joe Albright is a graduate of Flagler College and Columbia Theological Seminary. Together, he and his wife Robbie have five children. He loves spending time on the ocean and especially enjoys surfing and fishing. Before entering the ministry, Joe taught high school Spanish in Cape Hatteras North Carolina and Lawrence Tavern, Jamaica. He has pastored churches in Sarasota and Jacksonville, Florida and is currently serving Trinity Presbyterian Church in Palm Coast. Full Bio “I believe deeply in the power of the Gospel to bring hope, love, and new life. I have seen firsthand how this beautiful ministry of hope has touched people’s lives. It gives me great joy to serve Dial Hope as Lead Pastor.”
