We woke to a foggy morning, grey and overhung. Hard to see too far ahead, thick dew drenching me on my morning run.

But the whole scene felt hushed and beautifully pensive too. Some days seem just like this thick cloud. We struggle to hold fast to the faith we profess. But it is His Spirit that draws us into the quiet to make Himself real to us – again. And our strength is renewed.

As often happens, it is sweet to see these thoughts reflected in today’s breakfast psalm

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯… 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯.”⁣⁣

𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝟏𝟓:𝟒,𝟓,𝟖

“𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 … 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴. … 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 [𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴] 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺.”⁣⁣

𝐄𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝟑𝟔:𝟐𝟔,𝟐𝟕,𝟑𝟔