Nada Te Turbe

Since a little before Christmas I have tried to give more attention to my inner life and not get drawn into external issues (politics, theology, economics, tensions, conflicts, church issues, preaching). I must confess to having been only somewhat successful. This weekend as friends and family and the communities of Milwaukee Mennonite Church and Spirit of Peace Lutheran Church celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary (without checking with us - the real day is Friday, January 25) and I finished preaching for the third weekend in a row, I feel a renewed impetus to step up attention to my inner life with Jesus and my calling to walk closely with Candy on this leg of our pilgrimage. While she is doing well with her Alzheimer's, I sense she more and more needs the assurance of my presence. So I am going to try to exercise a little more restraint about what I respond to and may even discontinue some things and connections that disturb my peace. In my Psalm prayers today 51:8,12 "Let me hear joy and gladness. ... Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit."

Nada te turbe, nada te espante;
quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta.
Nada te turbe, nada te espante:
sólo Dios basta.

Nada te turbe, nada te espante;

quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta.
Nada te turbe, nada te espante:
sólo Dios basta.

Songwriters: Jacques Berthier

Let nothing disturb you,

let nothing frighten you,

he who has God

nothing lacks:

God alone suffices.

 

Everything passes,

but God stays,

patience

reaches it all.

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