I wait for the Lord, my soul waits ... Psalm 130:5
Ten minutes is a long time to sit still on my knees. I tried to be still for ten minutes tonight and it wasn't easy, but it wasn't too horribly hard either. I was a bit later tonight and a felt a little rushed. My sister came into town today and I haven't seen her in over a year. She and my parents came to my house for dinner. It was nice having dinner at my house with people - it's not something that happens often. Anyways, they didn't leave until a little after 7 pm and I had to put dinner away.
I changed into lounge pants hoping that if I was in comfortable clothes that kneeling would be easier. I set the timer and knelt in the living room. I had trouble slowing my mind. I realized I was saying I will wait on the Lord faster and faster. The point of meditative Mondays is to still my mind and body and focus on God. Since my mind was still racing I changed tactics slightly. I acknowledged who God is - Master of the universe (see last week's post) and since He is in control of everything I will wait for Him. It helped some. About half way through the phone rang (it was my niece and nephew calling to wish me happy birthday) and something outside set the dogs off. I put the dogs outside for the rest of the time. It is interesting that last week the distractions were more external and this week more internal. I really had a hard time stilling my mind.
I am happy to say the other reason for starting Meditative Mondays is working. I hoped that by knowing that 1 day a week I would se aside a time to meditate that I would more naturally incorporate meditation into my other days. As early as Tuesday or Wednesday of last week the verse I was going ot focus on popped into my head and it was something I thought about on and off all week.
It is not too hard to see what it is I am supposing to be waiting for the Lord for. There are several situations that I wish God would hurry up and do something about and there is one desire I wish God would either fulfill or remove from me. But in the situations and with the desire I must acknowledge that He is God and I have asked for Him to be Soveriegn Lord in my life and therefore I must wait for His decisions and actions.
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It's quite peculiar that when we set out to "be still" and "wait on the Lord" invariably something, whether external or internal, works to distract us from that intent. I like the way Brother Lawrence does it:
ReplyDelete"Brother Lawrence emphasized that all physical and mental disciplines and exercises were useless, unless they served to arrive at the union with God by love. He had well considered this. He found that the shortest way to go straight to God was by a continual exercise of love and doing all things for His sake." WOW.
Thanks for Meditative Mondays you.
BabyMan- Thank you for your comment. I have never read the book about Brother Lawrence, but have heard/read several snippets. He definitely learned to have to intimate relationship with God.
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ReplyDeleteI think you're right about the listening--too often if I don't check myself, I (figuratively) run to the alter, talk to the Lord about my needs and maybe the needs of others, say a few token words of praise, then run off without taking the time to get quiet and listen to what the Lord has to say to me.
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