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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest. Matthew 11:28

Last night it rained. Lots of rain. Lots of thunder and lightning.
This morning the river seemed to be hustling along
more rapidly than yesterday.

From the balcony of our vacation condo, I spied a small pool and kept
watching it for fish. The guide that accompanied us on our first
fly-fishing adventure said to look for trout in the pools of the
river. Sure enough, when the sun was full out, shining down, I could
see a beautiful rainbow trout. He was so still I'd have thought he was
dead if he hadn't been upright in the water.

In the quieter spots of our lives - the pools - where there's not a
lot of motion, there is still something going on. There may not be the
hustle-bustle -rush -and turmoil of everyday life. Yet all around is a
bubbling, effervescent world whose waters flow around us continually.

There is still life there, in the resting. Life and renewal and
refreshing. When it is time, we'll move out of the pool and into the
current, back into the rapid flow of the river.

In the book of songs, in the Bible, it says, "Be still, and know that
I am God." Thank God for the pools He provides for us in our lives.

Irish Thursdays, devotionals by Sally I. Kennedy, ©2005

PRAYER
"O merciful God, fill our hearts, we pray, with the graces of your Holy Spirit; with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control. Teach us to love those who hate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us; that we may be the children of your love, our Father, who makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. In adversity grant us grace to be patient; in prosperity keep us humble; may we guard the door of our lips; may we lightly esteem the pleasures of this world, and thirst after heavenly things; through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Prayer of Anselm, 1033-1109)

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