Welcome to the Daily Still podcast, a place to pause.

Here we create space to listen for the whispers of God.

I'm your host Cindy Helton, and I believe one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself is room to be still.

Before we begin today's meditation, I wanted to share some very exciting news for us here

at the Daily Still podcast. We just celebrated 1 million unique listener downloads. We're so

incredibly thankful to you, our listening community.

When we began this podcast, 180 episodes and almost four years ago, we could never have

imagined God's plans for it. We're grateful that the podcast seems to be meeting a felt need in the world by providing a space to be still with God.

So thank you for joining us here in this space as we seek to journey together in our faith.

Next week, we're planning a special episode to celebrate this milestone, and we'd love to have you be a part of it.

If you have any questions you'd like to ask me, or if you'd like to share how these meditations have helped you on your stillness journey, we'd like to include you in the episode.

You can send us a voice memo or email to the Daily Still at gmail.com.

Be sure to include your name and where you're from.

You can find more information in the show notes.

We look forward to celebrating with you next week.

Now, find a quiet space, and let's settle in and begin.

As we settle into this space, take several deep breaths and empty yourself of any concerns or planning.

Welcome this time of silence as an invitation to reveal the deeper truths about your inner life. In 2 Corinthians 129, Jesus said,

My grace is all you need.

My power works best in weakness.

In reading the Gospels, it seems everything Jesus did, he did by taking a lower position.

Jesus allowed himself to become weak so that God's power could be made perfect in him.

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