Whispers And Wildflowers By Sarah Beth MarrSample

Day One: Steady My Heart

Scripture: Psalm 30:11–12, 57:7–8

I’m inviting you to use our time together this week as a retreat from routine and busyness—to seek solitude and time alone with Jesus and His Word. I pray your engagement with this devotional will help you begin to slow your pace, savor Scripture, and draw close to God. If that is also your desire, you are in the right place!

If you, like me, long to live your life with focus, clear mission, and steady heart, this devotional is for you. I long to be right in tune with God, listening carefully to His voice and keeping in step with His directing hand. I long to be who I truly am, to deeply enjoy what I am doing, and to impact my sphere of influence with the love of Christ. I long to passionately enjoy the Word daily. 

But a lot of days I feel distracted, overwhelmed, and busy. All the clutter drowns out God’s voice, depleting my joy, stirring up discontentment, robbing me of abundant life, and making me feel discouraged, numb, or inwardly chaotic. I grow desensitized to the fact that when I fill the pauses in my day with more clutter, I miss God and miss experiencing the well of joy He has planted inside me. Maybe you feel it too. 

I’m learning that when we fully tune in to God, we can hear His whispers better. When we grow quiet, His whispers become clearer. And when we hear His whispers, we live differently—fully alive and flourishing.

We are women of a fast-paced generation, and it can feel counterintuitive to draw back and retreat with Jesus. It can feel like if we pause, our lives will get behind, we will miss something, or we will be left in the dust. Sometimes we are so cluttered in our souls that we do not realize how much we crave to be with God. Sometimes we run to the very things that are depleting our souls instead of running to God. If we do not retreat daily with Jesus, we will miss out on bread and water for our hungry and thirsty souls.

Ask God to help create the necessary space needed to retreat each day and show you any obstacles that may take from your time with Him. Is there something keeping you from moving in this direction?