Promises

Letter 4499

I promised myself I would awaken early, to watch the sun rise.

I promised myself yesterday afternoon would be given over to reading.

I promised myself I would exercise my body.

None happened. In each case, I sat with you, Lord, in prayer and devotion.

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Did I break a promise? Or choose a better option?

Let me nourish my soul, Lord, even when I had made other plans.

Consider:

Can I offer myself to you today?

Reading:

❖ “But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep.” — Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

❖ “Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding.” — Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises

❖ “But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part.” — Luke 10:42 (KJV)

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~B.R.