Hi everyone and welcome to a time of be still and be loved. My name is Elisa Keaton and

I'm thrilled to be with you today. Take a moment to place your body in a posture that

is restful for you, seated, lying down, or even on your feet leaning against a wall,

or maybe just standing upright with your muscles relaxed, with your posture stacked.

Take a deep breath and begin to inhale and feel the breath filling your lungs and your belly,

filling your collarbone rise up and fall down. Let's do a square breathing technique where

you will inhale for the count of four, one, two, three, four, whole, exhale, one, two, three, four,

whole. And then return your breathing to a pace that feels comfortable to you, but purposeful.

Just taking this time right now to shift into your breath, you are being intentional about

welcoming rest, welcoming peace, softening your muscles, relaxing into this moment.

I invite you to get a vision of you resting in the Lord's hands right now,

that the God who holds the world together holds you. Take a breath that cleanses you

and says to your soul, this is who you are, a person of rest.

The enemy trembles at your ability to rest, to trust, to not be anxious.

So God, here we are, your beloved, needing you. We thank you, God, that your word says you are

always with us, but we confess that the world is fast and loud and we are tense and rigid.

Our past chases us down, tries to convince us to fear and run.

But here we are, God, and we sense your peace, we sense your pleasure.

And we thank you for our breath. Inhale, deep, exhale, calls to deep.

Inhale, deep, exhale, calls to deep.

Come Holy Spirit,

reset us, all of us,

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