Simplicity in a Noisy World - Your Nightly Prayer - June 28th

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Simplicity in a Noisy World
Your Nightly Prayer

TONIGHT’S SCRIPTURE

“Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.” — Psalm 131:2

SOMETHING TO PONDER

We live in a world that rarely goes quiet. From the moment we wake up, we are dinged by our phone from text messages, emails, and notifications from a dozen different apps. Not to mention the busyness of everyday life from the moment you get out of bed to your spouse's demands, children needing you, or your attention being diverted to your career and to-do list for the day. There’s always something to check, something to fix, something to do. And lately, I’ve felt that—not just around me, but inside of me too.

As a new mom, my days are full in the most beautiful way, but also in a way that doesn’t always leave space to slow down. Even when my baby goes to sleep, I’m not sure I fully go to sleep in case she needs me throughout the night. My mind can keep going even when my body is tired.

The to-do lists, the thoughts, the pressure to show up well in every role, it can all get loud. But tonight, Psalm 131 gently pulls me back. Not to a place where everything is figured out, but to a place where I’m simply held. A weaned child doesn’t strive to be cared for. She is no longer dependent on her mother for milk. Once a baby is weaned off from needing milk from her mother, they are not there to get something from her anymore, but they are just there to be with her. The baby just rests—secure, close, content. In the same way, that is the type of posture that David is saying in tonight’s Psalm that God is inviting us into tonight. A place where our soul is no longer anxious, grasping, or striving, trying to control. It’s a place where we are not trying to prove something and carry it all perfectly. But rather it’s a place just to be with Him. Just like a weaned child is now with their mother resting, we are invited tonight to just be with God and rest in Him.

If I’m honest, I don’t always feel “quiet” inside. But tonight, let’s choose simplicity. Let’s try not to figure it all out. Let’s choose to let go of the noise and choose to trust and rest in God in a childlike, uncomplicated way.

YOUR NIGHTLY PRAYER

Dear God,
Tonight I come to You as I am—tired, full, and a little overwhelmed. My days are beautiful, but they’re also busy, and sometimes my mind doesn’t know how to slow down even when everything else does.
As a new mom, I carry so much—mentally, emotionally, spiritually. And while I’m so grateful for this season, I can feel the noise building inside of me. I can feel my house piling up with a mess, and my to-do list seems endless. The thoughts, the pressure, the constant going…Lord, my mind is noisy, and sometimes I wonder if I will ever be able to catch my breath. But Your Word reminds me that I don’t have to stay in that place. So right now, I release it all to You. Every anxious thought, every unmet expectation, every pressure I’ve put on myself—I lay it down. Teach me how to quiet my soul like a child in Your presence. Secure. Content. Not striving for more but resting in what already is, knowing that you have tomorrow and all that comes with tomorrow in the palm of Your hands.
God, simplify my heart. Help me let go of the need to do everything perfectly. Remind me that I am still held, still loved, still enough—even in the undone, the messy, the in-between moments.
Tonight, calm what feels unsettled in me. Quiet my thoughts. Slow my heart. Let Your presence be the loudest thing I hear. I trust you with what I didn’t get done today. I trust you with what’s ahead tomorrow. And I choose to rest in You right now.
Thank you for being my peace in the middle of it all.
In Jesus’s name we pray,
Amen.

THREE THINGS TO MEDITATE UPON

What has been creating the most noise in my mind lately—take the time to release it to God tonight.
Where in my life do I need to stop striving and start simply trusting and resting?
What would it look like to rest in God like a child, fully secure and content?

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Alisha Headley is a writer + speaker who has a desire to meet the everyday woman in her everyday life with biblical truth. Stepping into her true calling, she left the corporate world behind as a former-financial VP to love on her family as a stay-at-home wifey + dog mama, while also being able to pursue her passion as a writer. Healing from a chapter of life consumed with lies she once believed about herself, she is inspired to point women to Christ to experience the freedom + power to overcome those lies with the truth written in God’s word. In her free time, Alisha enjoys road trips around the country, working out so she can eat her favorite foods, and creatively styling her outfits with a craft for fashion. Alisha is a proud wifey and dog mama living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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