Soul Restoration

There’s an old story about an American hunter who was in search of big game in West Africa. He was closing in on his prey when his hard-running local guides suddenly sat down to rest. The hunter complained to their leader. The leader in turn threatened, implored, and even offered bribes, but the guides wouldn’t budge.

“But, why are they stopping now?” the hunter asked. The leader replied: “The men say they have hurried too fast. Their bodies have run off and left their souls behind. They must wait now for their souls to catch up.”

Maybe that is one of our problems today. We are racing through life so fast, trying to do so much, running from one activity to the next that our souls are being left behind. I know that in my own life, if I don’t make time to stop and rest and play and pray, then my soul dries up. I feel empty and anxious and wonder why God seems so distant.

I wonder what it is that restores your soul. Where do you find times of refreshing and renewal? Amid a busy holiday season, I pray that you would carve out that time and allow your soul to catch up.

Our prayer today was written by our founder, Roger Kunkel. Let us pray:  Loving God, blow your spirit of gentleness and strength into the lives of those whose candles of hope grow dim and weak. Weave your grace into the patchwork quilts that are the days of our lives. Tune our hearts to the anthems of peace and take us home when our day is done. For we ask these things with souls full of the love you showed us in the life of your son, Jesus the Christ. Amen.