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I Find Ways To Soothe My Spirit

Listening to your spirit’s call for comfort

Nancy Blackman, MASF
Refresh the Soul
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7 min readJan 29, 2025

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Spirit, guide us as we look to you in days of uncertainty. Have mercy on our souls and help us find ways to soothe our spirits that bring peace, comfort, and rest. Also, show us how to have mercy on others so that your Light may spread through us onto others during their less fortunate moments. May it be so.

To clarify, it is wise to define a couple of words before jumping in. The word “soothe” means to “gently calm (a person or their feelings), reduce pain or discomfort (in a part of a body) or relieve or ease (pain).”

The soothing referred to in this affirmation is the one in which you find ways to gently calm yourself, another person, or your feelings.

The other word is “Spirit.” In the Christian world, there is the Holy Spirit, and there is the spirit that dwells within each of us. It is the latter that I am referring to. It is your inner being — the part that…

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Come in and stay awhile. Be inspired. May your soul be refreshed.

Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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