Scattered Moments
Brief reflections on faith, adversity, and the quiet places where grace appears.
Each episode of Scattered Moments is a brief journey through the unexpected classrooms where God does His deepest work — hospital rooms and sanctuaries, seasons of grief and flashes of joy, the ordinary moments where grace shows up and changes everything.
Drawing from over forty years of writing, ministry, and life in the trenches, Matt Tullos weaves together original poetry, hymn stories, Scripture, and honest reflection to remind you that even adversity, you are not alone.
Three Types of Episodes:
Scattered Moments: Brief Reflections on Faith, Adversity and the Quiet Places
Guided Meditations: Opportunities to Encounter God through Meditation
Moments Almanac: Released Every Morning, Reflecting on the Meaning of Each Day,
Take heart, notice the scattered moments, and share the grace.
Scattered Moments
*Meditation: The Cleansing of the Heart
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Sometimes the soul grows heavy quietly.
Old wounds.
Fresh disappointments.
Words we wish we could take back.
People we struggle to forgive.
And often… ourselves.
In this guided meditation from Scattered Moments, we enter a quiet place of illumination, confession, release, and grace. Through prayerful reflection and gentle Scripture-centered meditation, listeners are invited to name their wounds, confess their sins, release bitterness, and receive again the mercy of God.
This episode is designed to be revisited often—a spiritual clearing of the heart and a reminder that God’s mercy still meets us every morning.
Take a breath.
Open your hands.
And rest in the forgiveness of Christ.
🌿 Themes:
• Forgiveness
• Confession
• Healing from wounds
• Releasing bitterness
• Receiving God’s grace
• Christian meditation & prayer
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow.” — Isaiah 1:18
Take care,
Notice the scattered moments and share the grace.
Hello and welcome to another Scattered Moments Meditation. This one is different. It might be one that you want to flag as something to return to, because there's always a need to clean the slate and hear again from God. The soul has a way of gathering burdens quietly, wounds, regrets, unspoken anger, old memories, fresh disappointments, and if we are not careful, we begin to carry things that we were never meant to carry. But Scripture reminds us, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Isaiah 118. So, wherever you are and whenever this is, let us enter this quiet place of confession and healing. Jesus Christ is our high priest. He is not hurried. He is not ashamed of your weakness, and he is listening. Before we begin, simply become still. Take a slow breath in and gently release it. Again, breathe in the mercy of God and exhale the burdens you have carried. Pause for a moment. Let the noise settle. Now ask the Lord for illumination. Ask him to begin gently bringing into the light the places in your life that need healing, confession, or release. Pray quietly. Lord, show me what I have hidden from myself. Take your time. Perhaps the Lord brings to mind a wound from years ago, something said in childhood, a betrayal, a disappointment, or perhaps something that happened only hours ago. Healing often begins when we finally name the wound instead of hiding it in the darkness. You may even want to pause this meditation for a few moments and write down what comes to mind. There is no shame in honesty before God. Now, slowly look over your own heart. Ask the Lord to reveal the ways you may have wounded others. This is difficult work. Not because God desires to condemn us, but because the truth brings freedom. There are moments when we fall short. Through anger, silence, through selfishness, through pride. Sometimes the deepest wounds in our lives are not the kind that shakes nations, but the kind that quietly shapes hearts. And so now confess. Do not rush. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness. Speak honestly to God. You may wish to pause again here. Name the attitudes, words, actions, or failures that you need to place before Him. And now we move toward releasing forgiveness. This may be the hardest step of all. Quietly say within your spirit, I release the people who have wounded me. I release the bitterness I have carried. I release the moments that shaped my fears. I release the pain into the hands of God. Forgiveness is not pretending the wound was small. It is placing the wound into the hands of God instead of carrying it alone. Ask the Lord now to loosen what has been tightly held within you for too long. The wounds may still remain, but the stinger can be removed. And now, perhaps the hardest thing for many believers: receive forgiveness yourself. Sometimes we hold ourselves hostage longer than God ever intended. Open your hands for a moment. Physically, if you are able, and imagine placing your failures into the hands of Christ. The slate has been cleaned. The cross was enough. Receive the mercy of God. Receive grace. Receive forgiveness. And now the last step. Praise Him. Thank Him that your sins are not greater than His mercy. Thank Him that bitterness does not have the final word. Thank Him that Christ still heals hearts. Spend a few quiet moments simply resting in His presence. Father, thank you for illumination. Thank you for the courage to confess. Thank you for teaching us to release forgiveness. And thank you for the mercy to receive forgiveness ourselves. Teach us today to walk in freedom. Teach us to walk lightly. Teach us to live with clean hearts before you. And now as you return to your day or settle into rest tonight, remember this. We live in a world where wounds and failures touch us daily. But the mercy of God meets us there every morning. Rest in that mercy. Rely upon it and return to it often. Take care.
