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meditations.

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No matter the skill or balance required, stepping on stones leaves us off balance in

the wild, it causes us to stumble, leaving us tired, searching for balance to be reconciled.

With our own effort we strive to walk strong, efforts are futile, regardless we try.

When a hand thus appears to guide us along, a hand to take us to smooth paths we eye.

It's not for broken, but paths for those chosen, paths not to stumble, but walk as a

priest.

Walking is one righteous, no face in the sun, no longer stumbling, no longer the least.

You stumbled along your journey of late, tripped unexpectedly, mees and hands still bruised

from a fall.

Well this meditation from the second chapter of 1 Peter will help you remember the hope

you have in walking upright along smooth paths, walking as a priest, a chosen priest of God.

So to begin your meditation, find a place to be comfortable, alone, quiet and still.

We will be together for about 15 minutes.

By taking a moment to settle and prepare yourself to be aware of God in this moment, sit comfortably

in quiet, begin to relax your gaze and become aware of God, his spirit, his son, present

in and around you.

Consider your feet for a moment, your bruised knees, twisted ankles, scraped hands, become

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