Heart Centred Holistics

03/04/2026

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I want to speak to you directly for a moment, because this is something the Lord has been pressing on my heart over and over again. The more I walk with Him, the more I realize this life with God was never designed to revolve around me. Not my effort, not my growth, not my consistency, not even my struggles. It was always meant to be centered on Jesus. And the moment that clicked for me, everything started to shift.

So many of us, without even realizing it, have made our relationship with God about ourselves. We measure how we’re doing. We check if we’re improving. We analyze our thoughts, our actions, our patterns. And even when we’re trying to grow, the focus is still on us. But the finished work of Jesus completely removes that pressure. It redirects our eyes away from self and fixes them on Him.

Jesus did not come to make you the focus. He came to reveal that He is everything.

He did not come to help you become righteous. He came as your righteousness. He did not come to partially deal with sin while you manage the rest. He took it away completely. He did not come to assist your journey to God. He brought you into perfect union with God through His finished work.

So now, your life is no longer about trying to get there.

You are already there in Him.

And I’ve learned this. When I focus on myself, I always find something wrong. Something lacking. Something to fix. But when I focus on Jesus, I find completeness. I find peace. I find rest. Because there is nothing missing in Him. And if my life is hidden in Him, then there is nothing missing in me either.

This is why your focus matters so much.

Because what you look at shapes how you live.

If you look at yourself, you will constantly feel the need to improve, to strive, to fix. But if you look at Jesus, you begin to rest in what is already finished. You begin to live from a place of fullness instead of chasing it.

And here’s what I want you to catch. When you focus on His righteousness, you stop focusing on sin. Not because you’re ignoring anything, but because sin is no longer your identity. You are not defined by what you do. You are defined by what He has done. And what He has done is complete.

You are not trying to become accepted.

You are accepted.

You are not working toward righteousness.

You are already the righteousness of God in Him.

So now, instead of waking up thinking about how you’re doing, you get to wake up grounded in what Jesus has already done. Instead of living in self-awareness, you begin to live in Christ-awareness. And that is where real freedom is found.

I’m learning this daily. The more I see Jesus, the less I feel the need to analyze myself. The more I understand His finished work, the more I rest. And the more I rest, the more I experience the life He already secured for me.

This is the freedom He paid for.

Not a life where everything revolves around you.

But a life where everything is anchored in Him.

And I’m telling you, when it finally clicks that it’s not about you, it doesn’t make you feel less. It actually lifts the weight off your shoulders. Because now you’re no longer the source.

Jesus is.

And He is more than enough.

- Brian

28/03/2026

"We are not necessarily praying for a way out of our circumstances, but for a way through them." — Laura Story

7 Lessons from When God Doesn't Fix It:

In this deeply personal and spiritual guide, Laura Story offers a new perspective on finding hope when life doesn't go according to plan. Here are seven core lessons from the book:

1. Faith is Not a Tool for Manipulation
The author teaches that faith is not a way to get God to do what we want, but a means of trusting Him even when He says "no" or "wait".

2. Your Brokenness Can Be a Platform
Rather than hiding our struggles, Story suggests that our "unfixed" trials can become powerful testimonies of God’s grace and strength to others.

3. Find Joy in the "In-Between"
The lesson is to stop waiting for life to be "perfect" before you start living; you can find genuine joy and peace in the middle of an ongoing storm.

4. God’s Best for You May Look Like a Trial
The book challenges the idea that a lack of hardship is the only sign of God's blessing, proposing that our greatest spiritual growth often happens in the valley.

5. Relinquish the Need for Control
A major step in spiritual maturity is letting go of the "why" and "when" and resting in the character of a God who sees the beginning from the end.

6. Community is Essential for the Long Haul
Story emphasizes that we are not meant to carry the weight of broken dreams alone; we need the support and shared faith of a community to sustain us.

7. Heaven is the Ultimate "Fix"
The final lesson reminds readers that while some things may never be resolved on this side of eternity, we have a hope that extends far beyond our current circumstances.

Conclusion

When God Doesn't Fix It is a beautiful and honest exploration of what it means to live with "the lessons you never wanted to learn". It encourages us to look past our immediate pain to see the "truths you can't live without". By shifting our focus from the miracles we think we need to the God who is already enough, we find a peace that the world cannot give and a strength that never fails.

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27/03/2026

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May you recognize in your life the presence,
power, and light of your soul.

May you realize that you are never alone,
that your soul in its brightness and belonging
connects you intimately with the rhythm of
the universe.

May you have respect for your individuality
and difference.

May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique,
that you have a special destiny here,
that behind the façade of your life,
there is something beautiful and eternal happening.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the blessing, 'For Solitude,' from his books:
Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

21/03/2026

17/03/2026

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Pray the powerful Lorica of St. Patrick (The Breastplate Prayer):

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.


I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation

St. Patrick (ca. 377)

11/03/2026

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🌧️ In a world full of storms, your stillness is its own kind of power. ☁️

Sometimes the world feels so
loud that peace itself starts to feel like a luxury.

Like something meant for other people.
Other places.
Some calmer time that never quite arrives.

In Irish, there is a beautiful word for the kind of peace that still exists even in difficult times:

Suaimhneas.

(pronounced SOO-iv-ness)

It means deep calm.
A settling of the heart.
The quiet feeling that comes when your spirit finally unclenches for a moment.

Not silence.

Not pretending the world is fine.

Just the simple, powerful experience of feeling steady inside yourself, even while life continues all around you.

In the old Irish stories, life was rarely peaceful for long.

Warriors crossed rough seas.
Families were driven from their homes.
Kings rose and fell.
Battles were fought.
Grief visited often.

But the stories always paused for certain moments.

A traveler reaching a warm hearth after a long journey.
A family sharing food while the wind rattled the door outside.
The stillness of a lake at dusk when the world finally stopped moving for a little while.

Those moments mattered.

Because even the strongest people were never meant to live in constant struggle.

They needed suaimhneas.

Lately, the world has felt especially heavy.

You turn on the news and see things that tighten your chest.
Conflicts far away.
Conflicts too close to home.
Children caught in the middle, suffering the consequences of decisions they never made.
People arguing louder and louder about who is right while ordinary people left carrying the grief.

It can feel like peace is disappearing from the world entirely.

But the human heart was never built to live in a constant storm of fear and outrage.

Even in the hardest chapters of history, people still found small places to rest.

A mother humming softly while her child slept.
Neighbors sharing bread during uncertain times.
A farmer standing quietly at the edge of a field as the sun went down.

Those moments were never meaningless.

They were how people survived.

They were suaimhneas.

Somewhere along the way, many of us forgot that we are allowed to have that kind of peace too.

We rush from task to task.
We carry tomorrow’s worries before today has even finished.
We promise ourselves we will relax later, when the work is done, when the house is clean, when the world finally calms down.

But life has never worked that way.

Peace rarely arrives when everything is perfect.

More often it slips quietly into ordinary moments.

If you stepped outside today and felt the air change with the season, there was a bit of suaimhneas in that.

If you sat with a warm drink before the house woke up, there was a choice to find suaimhneas in that.

If you laughed at something small and silly and forgot your worries for a few seconds, there was the magic of suaimhneas in that moment.

If you stopped long enough to breathe deeply and let your shoulders drop, there was real suaimhneas there too.

You do not have to solve the whole world before you are allowed to feel peace.

You do not have to earn calm by finishing every task or fixing every problem.

You only have to recognize the moments when quiet finds you and allow yourself to rest there for a while.

You are not selfish.

Because your heart was never meant to live every day like a battlefield.

It was also meant to know stillness.

And here is the truth people forget when the world grows loud and frightening:

Choosing peace inside yourself is not weakness.

It is not denial.
It is not selfish.
It is not willful ignorance of what is happening around you.

It is an act of quiet defiance.
It is an act of strength greater than many realize.

Because a world that profits from your fear would very much prefer that you stay exhausted, angry, and overwhelmed.

But when you protect your peace, when you carve out small moments of calm anyway, when you allow your spirit to rest even while the world is shouting…
you are refusing to let the storm claim all of you.

So tonight, or tomorrow morning, or the next time the world feels too heavy to carry,
remember this word.

Suaimhneas.

Let your shoulders soften.
Let your breath slow down.
Let your heart remember that calm still exists.

And hold on to those small moments fiercely.

Because sometimes the bravest thing a person can do in a restless world is this:

guard their peace,
nurture it,
pass it quietly to the people around them,
and to refuse to let the noise of the world steal the calm that still belongs to their soul, and allows them to help spread it to others.

That is suaimhneas.

09/03/2026

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They were there
before the crowds
before the arguments
before the shouting of hosanna
and the later shouting of crucify

women
watching
listening
learning the strange, fierce mercy of God

Mary who said yes
before she knew the cost

Elizabeth who recognised hope
before the world could see it

Mary who sat at his feet
unashamed to learn
when others said she should stay in the kitchen

women who followed
through dusty towns and long roads
who carried quiet faith
like water in clay jars

and the God who is faithful
saw them
not as background
not as afterthought

but as disciples

there were women he healed
women he restored
women he lifted from the weight of shame
others had placed on their shoulders

and they loved him
not with titles
not with power

but with courage

they stood close to the cross
when others ran
they watched
when the sky darkened
when hope seemed buried in stone

they waited
and the God who is life
honoured them

the first to hear
the first to see
the first to carry the news
that death had not won

and today
we see them still

women who pray quietly
women who hold families together
women who lead
teach
heal
serve
speak truth

women who carry faith
through ordinary days
through grief
through joy
through long unseen acts of love

and the God who is justice
still sees them
still calls them
still places resurrection hope
into faithful hands

and the Lenten road
is still walked

by women
who follow Christ
with courage
even now

© E Hamilton 2026