Welcome to the ninth episode of The Laundry Basket Liturgy, a devotional companion for Christian mothers longing to embody shalom in the midst of their real, ordinary, everyday calling.
This episode is nestled within a five-part series on building secure attachment and embodied faith, with Christ at the center. If you’d like to begin at the start of the series, you can listen to Episode 6: From Control to Communion first.
In the previous episode, we practiced loosening our grip — opening our hands and remembering who God is. In this episode, we listen for what happens after release.
In this episode, we explore:
— What perfect peace (shalom shalom) actually means in Scripture
— Why peace is something God keeps, not something we maintain
— The difference between release and ongoing reliance
— What it means to have a steadfast mind — not rigid, but stayed upon God
— How trust functions as a direction, not a feeling
— Why anxious minds need a place to stay, not a command to stop thinking
Embodied Practice:
In this episode, you’re guided through an embodied practice of staying — remaining present with discomfort without fixing, numbing, or fleeing.
By staying with sensation and with God, capacity gently grows.
Peace deepens not through escape, but through being kept.
You are not asked to do this perfectly.
God’s nearness does not depend on your performance.
Domestic Liturgy for Today:
When your thoughts spiral…
when worries multiply…
when you feel pulled out of the present moment…
Pause and whisper:
“I stay with You.”
Not:
I figure this out
I get ahead of this
I manage this perfectly
But simply:
I stay.
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