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    Day 1 invites us to explore the quiet strength of discernment—not as judgment, but as spiritual listening.

    When we train the heart to hear what’s true, we begin to recognize the voice of peace, the nudge of wisdom, and the gentle boundaries that protect our healing.

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    Stillness With Tiny Fingers

    Dear friend,

    By Day 3 with my two-year-old granddaughter, the visit was still sweet, but it was also early mornings, tired eyes, toddler moods, and small bruises on the back of my arm from the way she calms herself.

    She is not trying to hurt me. Her little fingers find my arm because it helps her feel safe while her mom is with her very ill mother. Psalm 46:10 met me in that ordinary, honest place.

    Stillness did not look like silence today. It looked like breathing before reacting, gently redirecting tiny hands, telling God I was tired, and learning that I can love deeply without disappearing.

    With Love and Grace
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  • 🌿 Here Is God

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    **Day 4: Here Is God**
    A gentle walk through fear, thought, and grace

    Dear friends,

    Have you ever looked at a season of life and thought, *“Here be dragons”*?

    Ancient sailors once marked their maps with warnings—dragons, demons, sirens—over the places they feared to explore. I’ve done the same. Over the waters of adulthood: *Here be dragons.* Over grief: *Here be demons.* Over the far edges of anxiety: *Here be sirens.*

    But today’s reflection reminded me of Sir John Franklin—a mariner who chose faith over fear. He crossed out those warnings and wrote something truer:
    **“Here is God.”**

    That phrase settled into me like sunlight. Because even when life feels shadowy or uncertain, God doesn’t wait for us to reach safe shores. He meets us in the murky waters and whispers, *“I am with you always.”*

    Max Lucado’s *Calm Moments for Anxious Days* and *Tame Your Thoughts* helped me reframe pain and fear with truth and tenderness. I used three mindset tools—Picky Thinking, UFOs, and Uproot & Replant—to gently shift my thoughts from abandonment to presence.

    Here’s what I’m holding today:
    🌿 I am never alone.
    🌿 God is already present in the places I fear.
    🌿 Even when the map feels blank, *Here is God.*

    **Scripture of Hope:**
    “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there… even there your hand will guide me.”
    **Psalm 139:8–10**

    **Gentle Invitation:**
    If you’re navigating a shadowy season, I invite you to pause and breathe. Let yourself imagine a signpost that reads *Here Is God*. Let that truth settle into your heart.

    **Closing Blessing:**
    May you feel held today.
    May you walk gently into the unknown, knowing God is already there.
    May your map be rewritten with grace.

    With love and light,
    Tracey

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    **P.S.**
    Want to know more about Sir John Franklin, the mariner who inspired this reflection?
    📚 [Read his story on Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Franklin)

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