Three passages · at your pace
You do not have to finish everything in your mind tonight. Read one passage slowly, and stop whenever you have had enough. This is a reading pause, without a promise about sleep.
01 · Psalm 4:8 · WEB
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.Psalm 4 ends with a prayer about lying down in peace, after the speaker has named distress.
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What could you set aside until morning?
02 · Matthew 6:34 · WEB
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.This verse closes a section of the Sermon on the Mount about food, clothing, and worry about tomorrow.
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Which concern belongs to today, and which can wait?
03 · Psalm 23:1–3 · WEB
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Psalm 23 uses the image of a shepherd and moves from rest and guidance to a dark valley later in the poem.
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What helps you slow down enough to notice what you need?
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