A college friend took two aspirins every morning in case her body needed them during the day. I’m not sure that was the best thing she could do for herself medically, but I am sure of one thing, we need to take a couple of doses of the Holy Spirit each morning for the health of our soul. Without them, we leave ourselves open to going through the day with an angry soul, or a dry soul, or a downcast soul. I call this our chronic (ongoing) need for daily soul medicine: prayer, reading scripture and soul care-related books and articles, listening to God-centered podcasts, repeating God-ly affirmations. The list is endless.
Yet, daily doses of God won’t take care of our soul needs fully. In addition, we need periodic Holy Spirit boosters. You know, those bolsters for our immune system that stem the flu and other disease-causing microbes from making us sick. I can’t count the number of COVID boosters I’ve had.
Beginning on March 27th, we’re implementing quarterly HTC-UWF boosters called “Fifth Thursday Soul Care Mini Retreats” on Zoom. We’ll come together, develop friendships across our vast conference (Oh, yes! Developing Christ-centered relationships with our sisters is a powerful soul medicine), study, enjoy activities that involve our creativity, and discuss soul care topics. The meetings will be from 10-11 a.m., with an optional time for centered prayer and contemplation immediately following until 11:30. For those who can’t attend during the day we’ll repeat the classes in the evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m. Prior to each class you’ll receive a packet of information, handouts, and the Zoom link.
Please make every effort to attend these soul care booster classes and mark your calendars now. Ask your friends to join us. What a great way to involve more women in UWF. Let me know if you’d like to participate in giving the class. This is our program for all members, not just the Spiritual Growth/Soul Care Coordinators. Most importantly, start praying now that God will support our efforts and guide us as we launch this program. Contact me with any questions.
I hope to see you on the 27th when the focus will be: What is a Healthy Soul?
In peace, care, and love.
I’ll be happy to answer questions. kkaiglerwalker@earthlink.net
