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OUR DAILY BREAD October 14, 2017 Saturday HELD BY GOD Monica Brands I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. Psalm 131:2 Psalm 131 Bible in a year : Isaiah 43–44; 1 Thessalonians 2 As I was nearing the end of lunch with my sister and her children one afternoon, my sister told my three-year-old niece, Annica, it was time to get ready for her nap. Her face filled with alarm. “But Aunt Monica did not hold me yet today!” she objected, tears filling her eyes. My sister smiled. “Okay, she may hold you first—how long do you need?” “Five minutes,” she replied. As I held my niece, I was grateful for how, without even trying, she constantly reminds me what it looks like to love and be loved. I think sometimes we forget that our faith journey is one of learning to experience love—God’s love—more fully than we can imagine (Eph. 3:18). When we lose tha...