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Do you trust me?

How do those words make you feel in your gut when someone asks you that question?

Maybe fearful, confident, nervous?

Maybe curious about what comes next?

Well, I suppose it depends on the relationship that you have with that person.

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, the best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to

trust them.

But if you tried trusting and had that trust betrayed, well, the theme for this meditation from

NAM chapter 1 is finding a safe refuge when the world betrays you, trusting your next

unknown step to a God who does know, finding a stronghold in your day of distress knowing

that he cares for those who take refuge in him.

This time is a divine sanctuary for your mind to now settle, your breathing to relax and

your eyes to begin to softly close.

And for this next moment, just be still as you release yourself to the present protection

of the Holy Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Listen and respond now to this reading from 2nd Timothy chapter 2, and as I lead us,

and so Lord God, let me take refuge in you.

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