I hate stopping for gas. I wait until the warning bell rings and calculate how far I can travel after the warning lights come on. In the race to get everything done each day, stopping for gas is annoying.

God made us: invented us as a person invents an engine. A car is made to run on gasoline, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. (Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis)

A Prayer for Today

Lord, you know how much I have to get done today and pausing for quiet reflection isn’t one of them. I rest in this moment of silence and invite you to feed me with your very self – living bread for the journey, fuel for my soul. For Jesus’ sake…