my next tattoo

There is a passage that I have always loved and totally cling to when times are hard….
I love it so much in fact, that it’s in process of being turned into a sketch for my next tattoo.
It’s amazingly powerful, and so incredibly accurate in what we must do to survive the waves of life…
that I couldn’t resist sharing.
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You wonder what to do when you feel attacked on all sides by seemingly irresistible forces, waves that cover you and want to sweep you off your feet. 
Sometimes these waves consist of feeling rejected, feeling forgotten, feeling misunderstood. 
Sometimes they consist of anger, resentment, or even the desire for revenge, and sometimes of self-pity and self rejection. 
These waves make you feel like a powerless child abandoned by your parents.
What are you to do? 
Make the conscious choice to move the attention of your anxious heart away from these waves and direct it to the One who walks on them and says, ‘It’s me. Don’t be afraid’ (Matthew 14:27; Mark 6:50; John 6:20). 
Keep turning your eyes to him and go on trusting that he will bring peace to your heart. 
Look at him and say, ‘Lord, have mercy’. 
Say it again and again, not anxiously but with confidence that he is very dose to you and will put your soul to rest.
~Henry J.M. Nouwen
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Take THAT into your weekend!!!
© 2011 “Le Musings of Moi”
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