STONE: A Barefoot Prayer For When Life's Shaky
Because solid ground is hard to find than we think
Hey Lovely,
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.”
Matthew 7:24–25 MSG
Hey Lovely,
The days are longer, the ground beneath our feet is warmer and the pots on our patios are glorious with summer blooms, but would you be lying God if you said you feel solid and secure in these sunshine filled days?
To be honest, despite appearances, my life feels shakier than I’d like to admit.
It’s not dramatic, I’m not braced for impact, expecting my life’s imminent collapse, I just seem… unsettled, unbalanced. Like walking on uneven gravel in heels - I’m managing but I’d rather have solid ground under my feet.
Wouldn’t you?
When we take a good hard look in the mirror, many of us see a woman doing the best she can to hold it all together, to future-proof her life, to outrun uncertainty, to make herself feel safe by staying busy, useful, prepared, productive, agreeable, and in control.
Deep down, we know this is building life on shifting sand. We know how easily it can washed away by a strong storm, how it runs between our fingers when it’s bone dry, and how running our life on it is twice the effort because it gives way beneath each step.
Building our life like this might have worked until now. But we can’t hold it together forever.
“But I’ve built my life on Jesus, or tried to.” I hear you cry.
To which I say, “Me too. But doesn’t sand creep into your home, your heart, and your habits, from time to time, like it does mine?”
If life feels unsettled or your inner landscape don’t seem as grounded as you’d like, then this week’s Barefoot Prayer: STONE, is for.
Each week on Barefoot Prayer I offer us a simple, down to earth, guided prayer inspired by creation (in this case, stone/rock), grounded in faith (Matt 7: 24-25) and oriented towards what our souls need most (settling).
They’re a chance to step outside if you can, to listen to what your heart needs and your wildly wonderful Creator has to say.
Enjoy STONE: A Barefoot Prayer For When Life’s Shaky HERE.
And would you do me a favor? After you’ve listened, would you leave a review and share your favorite episode with a friend? Thanks 😊.
Hugs my friend, and stay wild.
Niki
PS. Come and follow our trip, through Germany (seeing Sophie and Starlight Express), Austria (hiking in the Bavarian Alps and singing along to The Sound of Music in Salzburg), and England (birthdays and walking a 90 mile section of the SW Coast Path), on Instagram. It’s loads of fun.
PPS. If you missed the Barefoot Prayer intro where I explain more about it and unpack how it will work each week, you can listen HERE (probably a good idea as it will help the whole series flow a bit better for you).
PPS. Last PS I promise 🙄
If you haven’t heard, we’re having our first ever WildlyKnown Life in person retreat Sept 18-20th where you’ll get to hang out in nature, reconnect with God and who you’re created to be, while we do the rest. Save the date.
And if you want to get first dibs on the limited number of spots (unfortunately there just isn’t room for everyone) you might want to become a paid subscriber as they’ll get an early registration discount.
I’ll be creating a wait list as soon as I’m back.