When It's Hard · Fear & Worry
Overwhelmed Right Now
For when you feel: panic, too much, drowning, can't breathe, right now
Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
The MinuteHomily
Your heart is pounding, the list is too long, and the walls of this moment feel close. Psalm 46 was written for exactly this kind of shaking, for mountains falling into the sea and waters that roar. Its answer is not try harder. Its answer is an address. God is a refuge, a shelter you run into, and He is "a very present help," not a distant one. So do the smallest faithful thing you can do. Be still for ten seconds. Breathe in the words "Be still," and breathe out the words "and know." No one is asking you to fix everything in this minute. You are only being asked to step inside a shelter that cannot fall.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
God, be my refuge in this exact minute. Quiet what is loud in me, and let me know that You are God and I am not alone. Amen.
“All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
Julian of Norwich
Hymns for this moment
“O Lord, Hear My Prayer” · Taizé chant
“Shepherd Me, O God” · Marty Haugen
One small step
Set a 60-second timer. Sit still. Breathe the verse until the timer ends.
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