This past week I traveled for work, and too many nights with too little sleep and too many days with heavy clouds and storms left me feeling fragile and overwhelmed at the airport when my evening flight was delayed for 3 hours. A friend of mine, a friend who prays, just happened to text me as I was sitting in the crowded waiting area. Her text was about something fun. After responding to that, however, I decided to ask her to pray for me. Yes, of course, she wrote, and then she sent these words of St. Teresa of Avila. What kindness! I offer them here to you now too, as a thought to fill your thoughts, in case you also are in need of a good word, for whatever reason (and oh, aren't we all in need of a good word?):
Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affright thee,
All things are passing;
God never changeth.
“Thou takest the pen – and the lines dance. Thou takest the flute – and the notes shimmer.
Thou takest the brush – and the colors sing. So all things have meaning and beauty in that space beyond where Thou art.
How, then, can I hold anything back from Thee.”
— Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
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