Responding - Isaiah 43:19 - Rest and Renewal: A Retreat for the Soul
The Daily Still - Guided Christian Meditation, Reflection, and Devotionals
Cindy L. Helton
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In today's meditation we enter the movement of Responding.
After listening and reflecting, we now consider how our hearts are being invited to respond to God's presence. Perhaps your response is trust. Perhaps it is surrender, gratitude, hope, or simply a willingness to remain open.
Lectio Divina reminds us that God's Word is not only meant to be heard, but received deeply within us. As you sit quietly today, notice what invitation God may be placing before you. What would it look like to make space for this "new thing" God is bringing forth in your life? Allow your response to arise naturally, honestly, and prayerfully.
The Daily Still is written and hosted by spiritual director, Cindy L. Helton. Production and music by SoundGood Media.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Still podcast, a place to pause. Here we create space to listen for the |
| 0:10.9 | whispers of God. I'm your host Cindy Helton, and I believe one of the greatest gifts you can give |
| 0:17.7 | to yourself is room to be still. This season, each Monday will release a guided |
| 0:24.9 | meditation centered on the theme, rest and renewal. On Tuesday through Friday, you're invited |
| 0:33.3 | to pause, to breathe deeply, and listen intentionally as you rest and gently examine your inner |
| 0:41.6 | life in the presence of the one who lovingly created you. |
| 0:47.5 | We'll do this in four movements, one each day. |
| 0:53.8 | Noticing, reflecting, responding, and resting. |
| 0:59.8 | Transformation doesn't happen through speed or accumulation of more knowledge, but through |
| 1:06.7 | quiet inner reflection. |
| 1:09.9 | So now, let's settle in and begin. |
| 1:21.6 | I invite you to imagine a tranquil setting. A place where your mind can rest. rest. In today's reading, we will respond to the scripture's invitation. |
| 1:58.0 | To respond is to react, reply, or answer. It is the act of providing |
| 2:08.5 | feedback or taking action in return to a question or message. This is what God says in Isaiah 4319. |
| 2:22.0 | Be alert. Be present. I'm about to do something brand new. |
| 2:29.0 | It's bursting out. Don't you see it? |
| 2:33.5 | I'm making a road through the desert and rivers in the wastelands. Now it |
| 2:39.9 | springs up. Ponder these questions. Where have I been striving instead of remaining connected to God? The |
| 3:10.3 | The What would it look like to live out these words gently and faithfully. The |
| 4:00.3 | The The |
| 4:17.0 | The What is God asking me to receive, release, or trust? The |
| 5:07.0 | The Now gently call to mind again the essence of spring, not just as a season, but God's sacred promise that life returns. |
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