Bible Journaling

WISDOM OF LIFE April 21, 2022

“Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian Community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.” —St. Augustine

This advice from St. Augustine may not resonate with the culture we live in today. After all, we’re more about “getting” more things, rather than “reducing” our wants. We’re more about ordering our finances and making sure we have big retirement nest eggs, than we are about ordering our soul.

Setting a priority to trust in Providence though could turn your life around in the way that you discover more of what it means to live in charity and reduce your wants. It might just cause you to desire to be even more of a giver than you are now. When we associate in Christian community, it means we seek to put Jesus at the center of all that we do as we relate to those around us. It means that we want to shine as givers and that we rely on God’s grace and goodness.

What would it mean to you today, to just take this day and focus on getting your life in order, starting with your soul? God is with you.

“He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.” —Psalm 107:9

Let us pray: Lord, … let us truly take the time to breathe in Your love and direction and nurture our souls today. Father God, hear our prayers of intentions today, from our prayer wall and for any unmentioned prayers that we have in our hearts. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

(Today’s devotional comes from”You are Blessed: 366 Devotions written by Karen Moore) Published by Christian Art Publishers