Follow Me

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“It is into this deeply tired world of ours that God sends Jesus to speak the voice of love. Jesus says, ‘Follow me. Don’t keep running around. Follow me. Don’t just sit there. Follow me.’ The voice of love is the voice that can completely reshape our life from a wandering or just sitting-there life to one that is focused and has a point to go to.”

~ Henri Nouwen

As a person who has run around, madly trying to do it all, and one who sometimes just sits, doing nothing, I can so relate to this quote. He speaks the simple truth. Follow me. Just follow me.

Lord, help me focus on just following you. Keep me from frantically trying to do good or from giving up and doing nothing. Show me how to patiently wait for your signal, and then get up and follow you, wherever that may be.

Published by nancyhamiltonsturm

After raising a family and then teaching for over 20 years, I retired from full-time work. Now I spend time with family, tap dance, take long walks in nature, read, and write. I have published two stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul books and over a dozen devotions. My current goal is to publish a book of meditations over the gospels and to share my devotional writing on my blog. I hope you enjoy and are inspired.

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